Why does it matter to the state which two people are married? Suppose we took all the gay couples and lined them up boy-girl and married them. No one would think twice. But, if we put them back as they couples they are-- the same people would be married. I can see the state being interested in the number of people they recognize as married, but I fail to see how or why the state should care which two.
And if there are churches -- legally recognized religious institutions who have broken away from the mainstream churches -- not cults, not religions that have sprung up overnight and are not legally recognized -- whose religious beliefs hold that homosexuality is not a sin, with legally recognized religious leaders that wish to marry homosexuals (and there are!) -- I fail to see how we can possibly consider imposing mainstream religious beliefs upon them. Doesn't that violate both Freedom of Religion and Separation of Church and State?
Religious beliefs and personal opinions aside, banning gay marriage is wrong.
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