Yeah, there's so much cultural weight that it's hard to get around. I really do think, though, that both contract law and *everyone's* marriages would benefit by separating the two ideas! I know it ain't gonna happen, but if we are going to conflate a marriage (by which I mean the ceremony you do with your sweetie signifying intent for a LTR) with a legal domestic union, we must let everyone confuse their personal life and legal contracts equally.
There are plenty of churches out there which would/do marry gays, if the contract law portion was to be set aside for a moment. I hold to the position that this is the private business of the religious body...if you're gay and your church sez you're evil and they won't marry you, well, IMO you have a different kind of problem than legalized equal rights.
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Date: 2008-10-29 06:28 pm (UTC)There are plenty of churches out there which would/do marry gays, if the contract law portion was to be set aside for a moment. I hold to the position that this is the private business of the religious body...if you're gay and your church sez you're evil and they won't marry you, well, IMO you have a different kind of problem than legalized equal rights.