The state grants a special legal status to people who have paired up with the intention of making their pairing permanent. They haven’t changed any religious meaning of sacramental marriage.
Tioga is right, the preservation of religious freedom is important now, not how the state defines these legal pairings.
The state grants a special legal status to people who have paired up with the intention of making their pairing permanent.For the care of the children. Homosexual couples are unable to have children, except by adoption (a different case).
And so-called permanent pairing is a misnomer. I've read that the un-coupling rate among homosexuals is even higher than that among heterosexual couples. The first "gay marriage" authorized in this country lasted less than a year. "Divorce" battles between gays have often been ugly and violent.
I still say that the way to go is legal partnership with rights spelled out on paper.
Actually, I have a lot to say about the state of "marriage" in this country, and I feel that I have the right to opine, considering that I have been married to the same man 56 years with its ups and downs; and I've raised 4 kids who are all married to the opposite sex.
I'll use the words of someone wiser than I, Sheriff David Clarke:
The way Sheriff David Clarke sees it, the wild horse has broken loose and is halfway out of the barn, threatening to trample the crops.
If the court can redefine marriage and force people to buy health care from a private business, there is nothing it can’t do, said Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and frequent Fox News contributor.
“The thing that bothers me the most in this decision, though, is the way the court acted as essentially five oligarchs,” he told WND. “If we wanted to change the U.S. Constitution, there is a process for that, and there was a robust debate going on in all states, where some states elected to change the definition of marriage, others had not, and these five decided to act like legislators. And my concern is, it takes away from the legislative authority of Congress. And if they can do it with gay marriage, they can do it with anything.”
