On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 3:45:02 PM UTC-4, Muggles wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 14:39:19 -0400, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote:
I don't like the same sex marriage. However if two of
the same sex want to live together, then maybe a
civial contract could be made so they have the
same rights. This would not require any special
ceramony,but just the simple signing of a paper such
as buying a car. Simple as a building permit
or such. No religion involved.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

--
Maggie

It's not the religious aspect that's involved. It's that
govt has chosen to make *marriage* part of law and in turn
extend legal protection, legal benefits to people who are
married. You can't get married without getting a marriage
license. And when you get are married, then govt extends
rights, tax breaks, survivor benefits that are codified
under law and apply only to those that are married. THAT
is the issue and the SC found that it violates the 14th
amendment.