marriage should be defined by religion, not the govt. I know at least the Jewish wedding contract, the ketubah, has real meat to it.
Who says it can’t be both? Not everything the government endorses is bad it primarily runs amok when it goes outside the will of the people. The licensing of marriage does not run against the will of the people. Most are completely satisfied with the current arranged licensing that was arrived at through the free democratic process and has not changed markedly for hundreds of years. Now of course the religious and natural definition goes back thousands but I’m not going to split hairs. It is not an either or situation. People can be married through religious ceremony without a marriage license. The legal weight might be in question but I do know that the people I encounter who choose not to be legally married are usually trying to wiggle out of some type of responsibility because I can not think of one reason not to be legally married. You may choose not to and that is your right but don’t expect the law to change just to please people who have some kind of radical minimalist idea of government. I’ll start worrying about removing marriage licensing when we have succeeded in shutting the IRS down.lol It is simply a matter if it isn’t broke why fit it? The government has plenty of other things that merit fixing. The last thing it should be doing is changing the game on marriage.
so should Muslims have 4 wives as that is what is said in their religion and if so how on earth do we get benefits and divorces sorted out now?
This is about getting rid of Judeo Christian marriage and the way this country was founded , they call it progressive I call it a crock of crap