Quote from Max E. Pad:
As a libertarian, i dont think the government should have anything to do with marriage to begin with.
If two people want to put a ring on each others finger, and have peter pan tell them they are married, no one should be able to take that away from them.
It has a certain meaning to some people, and a different one to others.
Gays are making a mistake in trying to get everyone else to redefine marriage (a biblical term), when they should be simply insisting on the same treatment in the eyes of the law. Gays should have equal treatment under the law.
You're right. And the problem is twofold: many people confuse the legal institution of marriage with religious institution of marriage. Legal marriage carries rights and obligations, both between spouses and between the spouses and the state. Call it civil unions or call it marriage, I don't care.
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