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Which of those other religions embraced homosexual marriage? Examples please.

You can pretend marry your dog too. Please don't tell me about cosumating a marriage, and that is not a necessary requirement of "marriage". Plenty of people are having intercourse these days (with humans) that have no intention of getting married.

Lest you think I am being ridiculous, some people celebrate birthdays for their pets. Some even leave their estates to their pets. Still doesn't make them a "married couple".

I don't think the Wiccans have anything against homosexuals; I haven't researched them sufficiently. In any case, marriage is a civil contract, not a religious one. Don't believe me? Go to your local clergyman and ask him to perform a marriage ceremony for you and your beloved. He'll require you to present a marriage license issued by the state, not the church. At the end of the ceremony, the clergyman will say, "by the power vested in me by the state of [wherever you are] I now pronounce you husband and wife." The state issues the marriage license; the church can't. The church issues the blessings of its favored supernatural entity upon the marriage; the state can't.

As for the old "pretend to marry your dog, too" business: Please. Animals can't give consent. Humans can. As soon as you can have a dog read, sign, and show that it comprehends a marriage license, I'll reconsider.

P.S. That Arthur Fellig was a great photographer.