It is much, much more than a religious sacrament. It is the foundation of stable, traditional families that in turn support the entire edifice of this nation.
The government seeks to provide protection and incentives for the traditional family, without which this nation would collapse utterly within one generation. Many posters at FR who parrot your meaningless mind drivel get their ideas from the vicious, traditional family-hating atheist Ayn Rand. They have never thought through the implications of destroying the traditional family. It just cramps their hedonistic libertarian style so they spew.
But the protection can only be effective if the traditional family is maintained. Allow so-called gay marriage to dilute the mix (along with welfare state perverse incentives that reward unmarried single mothers) and government's involvement becomes more destructive than protective.
Realize unlike you, that this marriage thing is a symtom not the cause. The real problem is the progressive income tax and all the other government mandated crap that treats sinlge people diferently then married people. Treat the diease not the symtoms.
Well stated... thank you... are those your own words, and can I quote you on them?