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Originally Posted by davidmash
BS BS and BS again.
Religion cannot afford to let the state/Fed get out of the marriage business. The state/fed is the only entity protecting marriage right now. If government stops protecting marriage anyone/thing/animal you name it could get 'married'. Anyone could create any religion they wanted to and marry any entities they wanted to. Then where would your sacred concept of marriage be?
No, you need government in marriage because they are the only ones who can protect it for you. So you have a choice. Either allow gays to get married or risk loosing all control over marriage and it will mean virtually nothing to anyone. Would you rather allow people who love each other to get married or would you rather loose it all?
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I agree. The state has legitimate interests in a marriage contract. The parties involved are granted generous tax advantages at all levels of government, so in order to record the granting of that right, a license is issued when the contract is entered into. If the marriage dissolves, the state as an interest to see that all children are taken care of, and it provides courts so that property can be distributed in an equal manner. It also has an interest in preventing marriage contracts where the state has a compelling interest to do so. In all of that, I see no place where the state has a compelling or regulatory interest based upon where a person happens to be sticking his penis.