The government should stay out of it. This includes not only marriage but also tax breaks and filing status for married couples. Your tax status should not be based on the status of your relationship. While we are a country founded on Christian values we are also a country free as individuals to practice a religion or lack there of of our choice. The government has no more right to base the definition of marriage on Christian beliefs than they do to banning the eating of meat on the basis of Hindu beliefs. We as "Christians" have no more a right to force our beliefs on any person, especially in America as it stands against the very values we founded the country on.
The government should stay out of it. This includes not only marriage but also tax breaks and filing status for married couples. Your tax status should not be based on the status of your relationship. While we are a country founded on Christian values we are also a country free as individuals to practice a religion or lack there of of our choice. The government has no more right to base the definition of marriage on Christian beliefs than they do to banning the eating of meat on the basis of Hindu beliefs. We as "Christians" have no more a right to force our beliefs on any person, especially in America as it stands against the very values we founded the country on.
The government should stay out of it. This includes not only marriage but also tax breaks and filing status for married couples. Your tax status should not be based on the status of your relationship. While we are a country founded on Christian values we are also a country free as individuals to practice a religion or lack there of of our choice. The government has no more right to base the definition of marriage on Christian beliefs than they do to banning the eating of meat on the basis of Hindu beliefs. We as "Christians" have no more a right to force our beliefs on any person, especially in America as it stands against the very values we founded the country on.
Agreed!Marriage historically was a religious institution. As government became more and more entwined in our lives the government bestowed certain rights to married couples ie tax breaks, sharing health insurance and retirement benefits, ability to make decisions for each other, inheritance. I Understand why people want the same perks that government has bestow on heterosexual couples.
However where does this end? If 2 people can take advantage of these perks why not 3 or more? What about other limitations we have based on kinship or age?
It just seems like society is swirling faster and faster around the drain...
Yeah that. I would add that based on the status quo if they do allow gay marriage then applicable divorce laws apply to. Let's see how much they like it when half their shit gets taken from them.