As long as we allow the government to dictate what ‘marriage’ is... then government *WILL* dictate what marriage is - depending on the party in charge.
I say we return ‘marriage’ back to the religion that gave it to us. As ‘marriage’ is a holy sancrament, priests/pastors/rabbis/imams/whatever cannot change it’s meaning without defaming G-d.
And thus the institution of marriage is saved from the corruption we now see; a corruption solely caused by having the politicians get their grubby little hands on it.
DBeers posted this on another thread. Says it better than I could.
May I suggest you miss a part of the equation.
Government established by the people under God recognizing unalienable rights endowed the people by the Creator and tasked with protecting such rights can NOT remove itself from the moral equation. To do so would be to retreat from upholding the very basis of our government and individual freedom.
The problem here is not that government is involved in morality -the problem is that government assists those who attempt to redefine it. Instead of government defending we government taking a backseat while at the same time assisting those that in essence seek to destroy that which is unalienable by redefining it...
Society chose to value, reward and protect marriage and family LONG before government came along -government simply carries out social mandate when for instance providing tax breaks for children and or legal standing in many regards between husband and wife. Government did not grant these things just as government did not grant life or liberty. How can government redefine these things that the Creator endowed us with? If the rights emanate from the Creator so do as well the definitions.