Marriage and Civil Union

The issue of same sex marriage has been used as a tool by the right wing to demonize those of us who believe that the government really has no business legislating in this area. By supporting same sex marriage, we are automatically tied by the right wing to an anti-family, anti-american, anti-morality set of values. And I am tired of this. What is the solution? Well one good solution is getting the Government completely out of the business of marriage. In a perfect world, the Government would only recognize Civil Unions. Marriage would be solely the provance of religious institutions. And these religious institutions could recognize whatever their belief structures supported. Thus, for example, if a Church only recognized marriages between older, overweight, conservative, bible thumping preachers and 23 year old blonde, stock car loving, cheerleaders, it could. The State doesn't tell the Church what to do and the Church can do whatever it wants.

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