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Since marriages have been performed by churches longer than the gov't has been keeping track or
licensing them, and since the gov't has no legitimate place involving itself in religious
affairs/practices, what do y'all think of the state modifying its laws and constitution so that
everybody, both straight and gay, get a state certificate of "civil union" which ensures they get
all the rights of legally recognized couples.
And then, let anyone who wants to, participate a religious ceremony performed by any church that
wants to that gives them the title "married" in the eyes of the church and other religious folks.
Straight folks can go to their Babtist/Methodist/Church of Christ/Holy Roller/etc, gay folks can
go to the MCC/Wiccan/gay preist/etc and everyone can walk away being "married." Not that the
"married" title would get them anything else, legally speaking; it would simply be as significant
as, say, being Confirmed in the Catholic church, or "Saved" in the Protestant, or "Bar Mitzvah'ed"
in the Jewish.
It would make every couple not only "civil unioned," but equally treated under the law. Send the
marriage ritual back to the folks who do rituals, and make everyone happy. Yes? No? --Tock
licensing them, and since the gov't has no legitimate place involving itself in religious
affairs/practices, what do y'all think of the state modifying its laws and constitution so that
everybody, both straight and gay, get a state certificate of "civil union" which ensures they get
all the rights of legally recognized couples.
And then, let anyone who wants to, participate a religious ceremony performed by any church that
wants to that gives them the title "married" in the eyes of the church and other religious folks.
Straight folks can go to their Babtist/Methodist/Church of Christ/Holy Roller/etc, gay folks can
go to the MCC/Wiccan/gay preist/etc and everyone can walk away being "married." Not that the
"married" title would get them anything else, legally speaking; it would simply be as significant
as, say, being Confirmed in the Catholic church, or "Saved" in the Protestant, or "Bar Mitzvah'ed"
in the Jewish.
It would make every couple not only "civil unioned," but equally treated under the law. Send the
marriage ritual back to the folks who do rituals, and make everyone happy. Yes? No? --Tock