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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
What in it requires either of these propopsitions to be true? Marriage originates in religion, but has secular components. By tradition, it has been between a woman and a man.
Are you saying that any state involvement in marriage at all violates the separation of church and state? If so, fine, but that's not a proposition that's been changed by the emergence of gay marriages.
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I see in civil marriage only the issues that are relevant to the state, not issues that may relate to the "nature", "culture" or religion. I read nature and culture here as simply stalking horses for missionary-position-church teachings. To legislate a view of civil marriage that is drawn from a particular set of religious teaching steps over the line in my view.
I was wondering who would step up to defend the defense of marriage act here. I'm glad it's you.
