But government does recognize legal marriages. And there has to be a definition that the government uses to determine what is a legal marriage. So what we're talking about here is the definition that the government uses to determine whether or not a marriage is legally recognized.
“But government does recognize legal marriages.”
Has that been good or bad for the institution? Do you think that it is good that most folks accept that marriage can come from the gubberment? Folks don’t respect marriage because they have the idea that it is only a wishy-washy gubberment contract that can be broken and resumed with others at will.
I bet that if marriage had been left as a purely religious institution the number of folks willing to accept that “gay marriage” is possible because gubberment says so would be vastly reduced.
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