Conservatives do not want the government regulating the use of their private parts.
[ There should be no government involvement nor any recognition of a religious ritual. Civil ceremonies were the creation of royalists, statists and religious fascists to control the sexual activity of others.
Conservatives do not want the government regulating the use of their private parts. ]
Many things the government touches don’t turn out very well...
Though I think that because Marrige can be seen as a “contract” there have to be standards to who can enter into such a contract. Standards such as making sure the peopl entering into a binding contract are old enough and of sound mind among others.
I am of the whole mindset that the government needs to get out of the way of the American people. However there needs to be standards, if the the government gets out of the way of Marrige, they cannot force churches to marry people they don’t want to either.
It is a complex issue to be sure.