People have the Inherent right to be “Gay” but they do not have the right to cram their ideals down unwilling throats.
That being said it would be better if the Government got out of Marriage law all together with the only service the government providing being the recording of said contracts, and negotiation when a contract is canceled. (As marriage is a contract between two people as far as the government should be concerned) Also any legal contract worth it’s salt must be between people of legal age who are not dependents of the state or someone else.
I don’t even think the government should be involved in marrying people and should prohibit Judges from marrying people. The More we invite Government into the institution of marriages the more they use it as a tool to control people as tax law has done so far.
I do believe that no government should be able to tell a church who they can or cannot marry. If the Catholic Church prohibits gay marriage on it’s ground they have that right as a sovereign and independent from the government organization.
This is the true, limited government approach.
Governments in the western world have always been involved in marriage, and supported the institution, because marriage is the foundation of society.
The breakdown of marriage in the West is one reason why we have so many more dysfunctional people—especially among those on welfare. Because there’s no one to bring up the kids properly and teach them how to be good citizens. The public schools certainly aren’t going to do it. The government certainly can’t do it. Indeed, they don’t even want to it, because dysfunctional welfare families are solid votes for them.
So, yes, marriage is a religious thing, but it’s also a social matter. That’s why you have witnesses and records.
It’s also a Libertarian approach.
So you support homosexual marriage, polygamy and removing the age restricitions for marriage? All of these are desired by some churches, but the voters have a state set standard for legal marriage.
“That being said it would be better if the Government got out of Marriage law all together with the only service the government providing being the recording of said contracts, and negotiation when a contract is canceled.”
I advanced such an idea here not many weeks ago. I don’t even consider it libertarian but conservative on both small government and social issue points.