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I'm not sure what your fixation on the religion aspect of this is....Religion is the root of our American vision of marriage, as are many, many, many of our laws. That is undeniable.
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My fixation is that you seem to be saying that marriage has a religious base. And that you shoudn't be able to change the definition. However, your definition does not include religion. So what it appears you are saying is that you can't change it past what YOU personally believe.
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Society is changing to be sure, and we need to adapt our govt and civil structure. I just personally believe that divorcing the word 'marriage' from the REAL issue of getting gays the civil rights afforded those in a marriage is the way to go. This takes away the platform of those in the large religious community who believe that they have a sacred bond defined by God.
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Again....does this mean that non-religions straight people should not be able to get married? I mean, wouldn't that that take away from the platform of those in the large religious community who believe that they have a sacred bond defined by God?
The word marriage means. UNION
I can have a marriage of peanut butter an jelly on my sandwich
Science uses the word all the time.
We have civil marriage ceremonies and religious marriage ceremonies. They don't take away from each other in any way. Marriage is the ultimate symbol of the union between two loving people who want to be together. The religious aspect should be a personal one not a qualifier for the union itself.
Maybe the religious people should change the name to bound-by-god instead. That way they can be sure not to take away from the platform of those in the large non-religious community who believe that they have a sacred bond with the one they love.[/quote]