[dennisw]

Get real. “The State” has always had laws on marriage going back thousands of years. You figure you can just toss them. These laws were reasonable and just until it came to the present day gay agitators who will be happy with what you have to say on this.

Governments here exceed their bounds and do all kinds of meddling. But defining marriage as between a man and a woman and issue a legally binding license is a very basic duty of gov’t here and worldwide

[dfwgator]

It is the breakdown of the traditional family that is the number one cause of the growth of the Federal Leviathan. Government has become the “parent.”

[fr_freak]

But defining marriage as between a man and a woman and issue a legally binding license is a very basic duty of gov’t here and worldwide

Fine, then it should have been in the federal Constitution that marriage is one man and one woman. Without that, letting marriage be under the control of the government left us open to a whole host of problems, which we're seeing now. Keep in mind that there is a difference between a government recognizing a marriage, and defining it. There is also a difference between most governments in history and ours, as in, dictatorships vs. republic. Our government could have been structured to recognize marriage that was sanctioned by churches or synagogues or whatever, but instead it took it upon itself to have the power to not only define marriage, but license it, regulate it, and preside over the terms of its demise. Heck, even Henry VIII had to abide by the Catholic Church's rules of marriage until the ol' Church of England was established.