[asmith92008]

1. The question is not simply two parents but a mother and father. You can't just take two individuals and call them parents. A mother and father offer different, and complementing, features to raising a child.

2. Government can be the best protector of marriage. All it it takes is the people exerting their will on the elected branches to rein in the judiciary.

3. A nation is not simply an economic entity. The government does more than simply enforce contracts and control public property. If the government allows the culture to dissolve, we will become isolated islands of atomistic hedonism. That way leads to the death of our nation.

[Voice in your head]

I agree with all three of your comments. I would add to #2 that although government can be the best protector of marriage, it is not. And, I see it as neither essential nor preferable that it play this role, rather than the church. To #3 I would add that I do not think that allowing churches to honcho marriage issues will allow the culture to dissolve.