Well, taking government out of the job of labelling what is marriage and what isn’t marriage certainly closes this avenue for the homosexual agenda to destroy religion.
The drawback, however, is huge. Removing any state recognition of marriage would certainly further destroy the family unit and I’m not sure if this is tolerable, even for the short run.
It will not only destroy the institution of family further but will also further destroy our right to representation. This compromise is one that states that people should not have a say on the issue of how the states recognizes sexuality.
How about describing the three most serious consequences of having the government completely ignore the marriage status of individuals. Why are you convinced that marriage needs government help to succeed? I don't perceive any benefit to MY marriage in the law.
I'm not sure it's tolerable, either. I'm still thinking about it all. But I've been thinking for a while that the government's intrusion into the family is already so pervasive that there's really not much left to protect.
The law's legitimacy to deal with family matters depends primarily on protecting the property rights of the spouses, protecting the rights of the parents to raise their children, and protecting the rights of the children to be free from abuse and to be raised by their loving natural parents.
All of these purposes have been so thoroughly corrupted by our failed family legislation that I'm wondering if it's not time to start over.