[Maritime Q-Scout]

Marriage is a legal partnership, as mentioned above. Even if same sex marriage is legalized (as it is in Canada) it doesn't mean a religious institution has to perform a ceremony. It means according to the government you are in a partnership and share numerous rights.

If you think it's just a piece of paper, ask anyone that's divorced or a divorce attorney about this "piece of paper".

Additionally, all religions aren't against same sex marriage. In fact many Christian religions support same sex marriage (the United Church for example).

There are Biblical scholars that believe the Bible says nothing about homosexuals and any passage that is quoted is a misinterpretation. Sodomy actually has to deal with the treatment of others, a man shall not lie with another man for that is detestful is a closing line to encompass male family members and not males in general (remember the book was translated umpteen hundread years ago, so applying today's English rhetoric isn't going to work smoothly). Just to be clear I am not a Biblical scholar, but I am just passing along information I have come across.

That said, if you don't support same sex marriage you don't have to. No one is forcing you to go out in the streets and march for equality. It's not really any different from a Catholic priest refusing to marry a Catholic and a non-Catholic (I use the Catholic Church only because it's a definitive example off the top of my head, many priests do marry inter-denominationally, such as the one that married my parents who both practice different religions). Or a church refusing to marry a white and black person. If you don't support inter-religious or inter-racial marriage you don't have to.

I personally think it's a horrible idea to marry someone who cheers for another sports team than you do, but I'm not going to tell anyone here "If you're a Flames fan, it should be illegal for you to marry a Canucks fan". That's just silly (even if true).