I respectfully disagree. I have no doubt there would be all manner of "churches" performing homosexual "marriage" in the scenario you propose, which is basically the same as what Bokababe suggests. Besides, yours is a hypothetical approach that has already been superseded by reality (government is in the marriage business, and there will be no getting it out), so it is a pointless exercise in speculation at this point.
There’s nothing stopping churches from performing “gay marriage” now!! And those marriages would be just as possible if they get a piece of paper from the gubberment or not, which is to say not possible at all. It’s only gubberment involvement that’s forcing normal folks to accept this unreality on some legal levels.
What if gubberment decides that it will no longer issue marriage licenses to Baptists? Is a man and woman from that faith less married if their pastor goes ahead and marries them without gubberment sanction? How important is that piece of paper anyhow?
“yours is a hypothetical approach that has already been superseded by reality (government is in the marriage business, and there will be no getting it out), so it is a pointless exercise in speculation at this point.”
I thought this was the internet!! :) This is a good point, and perhaps gubberment marriage solved more problems than it created when it started, but not now in my opinion. It is very hard to get gubberment out of anything, especially when so many take such involvement for granted and can’t imagine any other way.
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