(November 21, 2017 at 11:46 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(November 21, 2017 at 7:07 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Lots of diversion, none of which addresses my point that a secular civil marriage has an essential objective character that distinguishes it from other types of relationships and social institutions.
No, it doesn't. You think a ghost blesses one kind of marriage but not another. That's not objective or essential. You're angling for a justification for your predisposition to inequality. Good luck.
I am making no references to religion, only civil law. What, according to you, makes a marriage distinct from other social institutions? What defining feature makes a marriage a marriage and not some other type of relationship? Stop with the distractions and blather.