Reply #2: Unfortunately the gov will NEVER do that!

[FaerieWizard]

First of all, marriage dates to before the church. The church took over marriage around the emperor Constantine.

If the government decided to do something like that, say Marriage is the definition the church gives, we give civil union (IE Civil Marriages) then fine, I'd actually accept that.

However, you're still going to run into two big problems. Some churches will choose to perform same-sex marriages, which will cause an uproar among those churches who don't. The title of marriage will still be granted to same-sex couples, and the government can't do a thing about it (separation of church and state).

The government obviously has no problem denying rights to homosexuals, but to put this legislation into affect would cause an uproar among heterosexuals. Those who weren't married in a church, or aren't married in a church, will cry foul because they are no longer regarded as being married. When this was proposed on another board a woman flipped and said her kids would be able to go around saying her parents weren't married.

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