Reply #7: Marriage was civil before religious [View All]

[jobycom]

The Church stole it. I don't think the government should care what term the Church uses, we should call it marriage, and let churches catch up how they want to.

I don't like the idea of demoting marriage to a mere legal, tax arrangement simply because gays want to marry. To me, that demotes gay unions by demoting non-gay marriages so that they will be on the same lower level. We should elevate gay unions to the same social status as non-gay marriages, and use the term, because otherwise we are surrendering it to the church, and we are creating a second-class status.

Churches can decide what marriages they want to accept and sanction, and which they want to reject, based on their own little club requirements. I no more care what churches think than what the Long Beach Yacht Club thinks on that, or any, issue.