Reply #602: A note to those who voted no, but based on a belief in a strict separation of church and state. [View All]

[Jamastiene]

I did notice that some people voted no because they believe in a very strict separation of church and state. If that's how some of them really feel, but they still believe we deserve equal rights, I can't fault that, except to say it is virtually impossible.

1. There is no way we could take all the references to marriage out of government at this point without sifting through literally tons law books in every state for years to change every mention of marriage. That won't happen. We cannot even get our sorry assed government to count all our votes any more half the time.

2. Marriage is a legally binding contract in every case, according to the government. It is not always a religious contract though. You can stay in a hotel room overnight in South Carolina with someone of the opposite sex and be considered married after that. At least, it used to be that way. I'm not sure if they have changed that or not. In that case, the religion thing goes out the window. No religious leader is going to agree with "fornication." You know that is true in most cases.

In any case, religion does not always play a role in marriage. So, in effect, some of those no votes were really saying they just want the churches out of the government.

I want the churches out of government too, but I'm for gay marriage. Who knows? One day, I may meet Miss Right and be able to talk her into marrying me. I'm wearing a tux though. :evilgrin: