Pretty soon the “Get the Government out of Marriage” bunch will join this thread, seeking to re-define marriage in that way, while claiming they’re not (and claiming they’re not carrying water for the pro-gay marriage crowd).
Yes - that whole “government has no role in marriage” argument has never worked with me. It does have a valid role, having interest in children and the social order - as does the church. Church and state work well together within the marriage institution. And these heights, this blend of state and church, are precisely what the gays aspire to. Get the government out of marriage and most people wouldn’t marry, gays included. We look for state and divine authority and approval when we marry - I know I did.
Well if the government wants to say that MY marriage is somehow the same as two sodomites playing house, then you’re bloody well right I want the government out of marriage! Mine!