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

[Pat Mustard]

Simmer down now.... that was just a statement (not a logical claim).  And if you disagree, we can make all three instances equal again, and go back to that.  I'm not saying that they don't deserve equal rights (and dignity) as a person.  I simply don't agree with changing the definition of marriage to make up for that difference, anymore than you don't agree with it for the other differences.  There is not any rights being denied in one any more than the other. If so what are they, and why don't you think that a single person or other deserve these rights.  The law is about equal rights, not that everything is treated the same, and that we have to re-define terms, to make them the same, if they are not.

The definition of marriage was already changed when the government got involved as opposed to the church controlling everything.
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The church didn't actually get involved in marriage until well into the middle ages. The first church liturgy in the rcc wasn't written until 1180. It was a combination of nobles needing legitimacy for dubious unions (often the victor in a minor war forcing the loser's daughter to marry him, or a marriage not sanctioned by a liege lord) and the money to be made that got church weddings going.