"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" First amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.
I admit marriage IS a religious notion, and I feel churches have every right to refuse marrying a gay couple if it is against the religion. BUT marriage is recognized by the government and married couples are granted special privileges. Therefore isn't the government promoting christianity, against the first amendment?
I feel that it is violating the first amendment since people can get married if they have no faith as long as they are heterosexual, but if they are gay then they cannot even get married by a judge.
All the aruments against gay marriage are religious ones, such as marriage is "sacred", and to argue as such violates the first amendment by mixing state and religion. I don't care if it's called something else, but if the state grants rights to one, they must grant rights to all.
2006-07-10
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