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Originally Posted by Gozer
I do not agree with that.
That is not to say I disagree with what you said, you stated fact.
I think marriage should be disregarded by the state and be a function of religion. Following that logic, perhaps I should support same sex marriages by the state and oppose them religiously...hmmmmm *off to reflect*
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Just to clear up your statement/confusion, technically religious marriage has nothing to do with the state.
If the RC church decided tomorrow it wanted to start marrying people it could. But that doesn't mean that they could go down to city hall and get a marriage license.
You can get married at anytime to anyone, anywhere by a Church but that is not the discussion here.
We are talking about the legally accepted union here as is recognized by the government, that and religious marriage are two totally different things.
Religious marriage is much different that legal marriage. If gay marriage is legal the state must give two homosexuals their marriage license, but the RC Church, or any other church for that matter, does not have to marry them in their church. One is a legal term the other is a symbolic term we are discussing the former.