Christmas is in fact a random day that it's been proven was nowhere near the predicted birth of Jesus. What they did do was implant it over certain Pagan sacred days; like a winter festival. Christmas has never been a Christian day it was made up, just like marriage was, so that assets could be transfered between fathers, their daughters and the suitor. Sure these became traditions and some moral imperative was placed on them, but they were still placed. I'm not saying that Christmas isn't inherantly Christian, I'm just saying that many of the "values" and reasons to stop something aren't as based in deed as much as you'd like.
I say, when there's a 0% divorce rate and or adultry rate, then hetrosexuals and Christians that are opposed, can lay claim to marriage as being a value that needs to be protected. Until then, in my country and in my province of Alberta, the church is seperated from state, and so the Christian "value" arguement is redundant.
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