Minnesota Legalizes Gay Marriage

[KingSpeed]

There is no religious connotation nor origin to marriage. People were married long before there were religions (as much as 150,000 years before the oldest religion).

There is a government interest in marriage because of the real need for civil law for everything from child custody to medical decisions to probate. The church has no interest in any of these things.

No, religious institutions do not have interest in child custody, etc.

There is a differentiation between marriages performed in religious fashion and those performed in civil fashion. One is performed in a church, the other at city hall (or a drive through ceremony at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Vegas).

In another thread, you suggest the government should treat people equally and impartially. Well, it isn't equal and impartial treatment of people to give to some marriage and the hundreds of years of common law and legal precedent that go along with it, and something else (that isn't marriage) to others.

Separate but equal does not really result in equal.

DING DING DING DING DING! We have a winner!

 

[MARIS61]

Only 3 American Indian tribes have legalized same sex marriage.

 

[MARIS61]

I would argue that there should be a distinction between those who enter a union as a contract and those who enter a union as a covenant. You should be able to choose which one or both. However, they should be distinct.

So you're suggesting "different-sized" marriages, or different degrees of marriage. Half-marriages maybe?

This is the kind of lunacy that comes from worrying way too much about how other people live their lives.

 

[KingSpeed]

So you're suggesting "different-sized" marriages, or different degrees of marriage. Half-marriages maybe?

This is the kind of lunacy that comes from worrying way too much about how other people live their lives.

Yep.

 

[maxiep]

So you're suggesting "different-sized" marriages, or different degrees of marriage. Half-marriages maybe?

This is the kind of lunacy that comes from worrying way too much about how other people live their lives.

Actually, it's the opposite.