Quote: I distictly remember my vows including "we are gathered here together UNDER GOD"..fairly typical in a Christian wedding. Not all weddings are Christian but short of the quick trip to Vegas or a Justice of the peace a religious reference is typical.
Gay weddings have those same things too, ya know.
There's lots of Christian homosexuals; very devout ones some of them. And they can get married in a great many churches (and no, I'm not talking about some little tiny made-up ones either).
Quote: The lack of religion in marriage is not solely responsible for the degradation of the insitution but may be a component. Basic Religious values tend to be a good thing in marriage.
What, do you think gays don't have religious values?
You have misunderstood my posts. Obviously there are plenty of Christian homosexuals, and IMO it is not logical to say it a contradiction. Despite some literal interpretaion of biblical text, as I said, homosexuality is genetic (ie..the way God designed the DNA) and it is not reasonable to preclude worship of his/her creator or a creator bias against his own creation!. I was refering to a general downgrading of oaths before God (ie the school pledge) that are now under fire and impling in a somewhat sarcastic note that God may be erradicated from weddings as well. No relationship to homosexuals but a relationship to marriage degradation.
On some reflection (this is not an issue I think about) I do not really care about this issue. If it is a legal document, so be it. The institution of marriage and the family unit does indeed have bigger problems (that I outlined). I think one can just hope their own family values are intact and not worry about the next persons so much..laws & words will not really have much effect.
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