Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
Personally I have no problem with a gay "union" just don't call it marriage, it can have every privilege, requirement, and penalty marriage does under secular law, just don't call it marriage. Marriage is a very important part of many religions and it has significance in church law, something the government doesn't have any buainess messing with, and may not have the ability depending on how you interpret the first amendment.
This is a fallacious argument. Every government has the right to control marriage because it has legal consequences.

Just because it uses the same word as the Bible doesn't mean it impacts on the Bible in any way. Insisitng on not allowing the same name for a gay union is just another way of denigrating homosexual union. In law, when you give something a different name, it invites different treatment at some point. If it bothers you so much, the only fair thing would be to eliminate "marriage" as a legal term and call everything a union.