Reply #14: There are. There are also some tribes with homophobic law

[Warpy]

Depends on the tribe.

There have been Christian ceremonies in the past uniting same sex couples, although it was never called marriage. It was just the recognition of a special and longstanding relationship that promoted a same sex partner into sort of a relative, basically what marriage now does for hetero couples.

In any case, it's irrelevant what was done in the past. We have a body of law in this country extending the benefits and protections of civil law to all of us. That means the body of law that promotes an unrelated person to first degree relative, and that's marriage, whatever weasel words we're forced to call it to placate the bluenosed, pursed lipped fundies.

Personally, I can't understand why any sane person would want to marry except to gain access to the ICU in case one of them gets sick or the right to plan the funeral if one of them dies. However, if they do, all of them should be able to, no matter what the plumbing arrangements of consenting adults might be.