Marriage is a religious rite. The government should butt out and thus deny the sodomites if their ability to attack the Church.
Amen. Government involvement in marriage is control through the IRS. The Gov’t should have ZERO business in this.
Marriage is not religious.
Marriage is an institution which benefits society by continuing society. Society rewards the institution NOT the individual.
This homoseuxla push is about defining marriage a mere orgasm for the individual reward.
The SECOND you dump marriage into “its religious” argument. You have conceded the logic and reason debate to the left. IOW you lose.
Generally a good policy, yes.
Won't work, because marriage has real-world implications. Try being an employer who provides family heath insurance and other benefits to employees that YOU decide are married, and you'll soon find out that others WILL deign the right to define it for you.
The only alternative is to completely obliterate the marriage relationship in society all together - no benefits, no relationship recognized in law, immunity from testimony against a spouse in trial, inheritance free from probate, etc. You really want to flush all that down the drain?