Reply #139: In God we trust...one nation, under God, [View All]

[Crachet2004]

what God has joined together, let no man put apart, and on and on. In short, there has never been a complete seperation of church and state. The institution of marriage predates the Constitution by some thousands of years and no doubt will outlast it by thousands more.

But I understand what you are saying...and my response is, why get bogged down in semantics? Why not take a legal victory-I think the concept of civil unions for GLBT would fall under the equal protection clause-and move on to something else?

You see, marriage is a civil contract as you indicate, but it was a religious rite long before now. And you are correct, that therein lies the rub. The religious right wants the debate couched not in terms of civil liberties, but in terms of morality based on the Bible. They do not want to debate this issue in the US Supreme Court, they want to argue it in the court of public opinion with the Almighty as part of their legal team! Why give them what they want? Why give them the satisfaction?

Why not get in harness with everyone else in this very diverse Democrat Party, take back the presidency and both houses of congress-and pack the courts with judges more to our liking? Why won't that work? Why not keep religion out of it?