(February 25, 2015 at 11:26 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: I have no problem with the civil union thing and government getting out of the marriage business, with one caveat. That the church get the fuck out of the legally binding agreement business. You want marriage limited to a religious function? Fine, as long as it has no legal ramifications whatsoever. If you want to reduce it to a promise before your gawd, knock yourself out. Civil unions could them become the legal end of what marriage is today and marriage can become no more important to the functioning of society than whether or not your holy shaman dunked you in some water.
Anyone who claims the buy-bull clearly defines marriage as one man and one woman hasn't read that fucking book.
Marriage is binding to christians. And I agree that civil unions are pretty much a necessity to protect the interest of the parties involved. Of course, if all christians followed God's law in marriage, they wouldn't need a civil contract to protect the partners. As far as I'm concerned though, I'm married whether or not the government tells me I am. I don't need the government's authorization to be married.
