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California Supreme Court overturns ban on Gay marriage!
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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 342521" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>From Merriam Webster:</p><p></p><p><em> 1 a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people <some religions consider marriage a sacrament></em></p><p></p><p>Claiming that "marriage" and "union" are two distinct concepts is just semantics, ultimately they mean the same thing to the people involved. Marriage neither began nor will it end with the christian religion, it's about people choosing to make a life together regardless of their religious beliefs (or the lack thereof).</p><p></p><p>Like I said earlier in this thread, the real answer is for government to get out of the marriage business. This whole debate arises from the fact that the government has allowed a religious ceremony to act as a gateway to secular benefits (insurance, tax status, property ownership, etc). The acts of (1)being married in a religious ceremony and (2)applying for the secular benefits of two co-joined individuals under the law should be completely separate, with neither being dependent on the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 342521, member: 4805"] From Merriam Webster: [I] 1 a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people <some religions consider marriage a sacrament>[/I] Claiming that "marriage" and "union" are two distinct concepts is just semantics, ultimately they mean the same thing to the people involved. Marriage neither began nor will it end with the christian religion, it's about people choosing to make a life together regardless of their religious beliefs (or the lack thereof). Like I said earlier in this thread, the real answer is for government to get out of the marriage business. This whole debate arises from the fact that the government has allowed a religious ceremony to act as a gateway to secular benefits (insurance, tax status, property ownership, etc). The acts of (1)being married in a religious ceremony and (2)applying for the secular benefits of two co-joined individuals under the law should be completely separate, with neither being dependent on the other. [/QUOTE]
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