"Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham

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Its a legal contract between two people. The genders/sexes of those two people have no effect on the contract. It's really sad to watch bigots pretend they have some genuine reason to protest.

Dropping the redundant restriction also stops any concern about transgender or intersex people marrying. It's two adults, making an agreement between themselves. It doesn't involve anyone else, so I find it bizarre anyone else thinks they should get a say.

I also want to note that any religious ceremony surrounding a marriage is just that. It doesn't create a marriage in the eyes of the law. A further secular legal document is required for that. If a religious person really did only care about being married "in the eyes of God", then they'd have no need for that secular document.