Originally posted by Mysti-ken:
Whoever cited "separation of church and state" as the key to this issue, hit the nail on the head.

There are many historically excellent reasons why an argument based on religious belief should have bearing here, but they all date back to when state and church were indistinguishable. Today's standards are different.

The issue here is civil rights - pertaining to the civil union of two people and all the rights and responsibilities that go with it - including divorce. When it comes to civil rights, sexual orientation has the same protected status as gender, race and religion - at least it does in most modern western societies.

The time has come to separate "marriage" defined as a civil union from "marriage" defined as a religious sanctity - and the reason to do this is to further the advancement of civil rights.



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