Gay marriage

[Ryantology]

I don't think you've read my previous posts. I said we should keep the government out of marriage. Marriage should be a private thing. Anyone who wants to be married could be married in a church or whatever way they deem appropriate. This is true for straights, gays or whomever. Civil unions would simply be a way to give equal rights under the law, which is a legitimate function of government.

And I would be fine with that, except that this was never a suggestion you heard Christians offer until it became clear that you would have to share the 'institution' with same-sex couples. Not that I am impugning your motives specifically, but the sentiment in general, coming from Christians in general, stinks of "I can't have it to myself, so it would be best if nobody has it", especially when it's obvious to everybody that marriage is not going to be free of the purview of government anytime soon. It's sneaking in 'separate but equal' under the vague and by no means certain promise that equality can finally exist if, maybe sometime in the next couple of decades, government decides to relinquish jurisdiction over marriage. To offer civil unions that way would essentially be making a promise you know you can't keep now and wouldn't even have to worry about keeping for a very long time, if ever.

I was once on the other side of this debate. I know how they think.