Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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Although no one is likely to listen to me, I think marriage should be a purely religious sacrament, as it was originally. No government "stamp of approval" is needed.
The association with government sponsorship should be broken entirely. Any two (or more) people should be able to draw up contracts enumerating specific shared legal authority, authority in medical decisions, ownership of property, etc. etc. etc. There is no reason to associate such contracts with the historical religious sacrament of marriage, as this is the source of approximately 100% of the arguments surrounding gay marriage. Marriage is something that takes place in the specific context of one's personal religious beliefs and practices.
Problem solved: The religious component is not contaminated, and the law is not discriminitory.
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100% correct imo.
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