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All I can say is that since the Government can't distinguish between the term "marriage" as being a government term or a religious term...maybe all references to marriage should be abolished from government because of the ties with church and religion. Maybe "civil union" is the proper term.
I'm all for the joining of two people in a union. Once I signed that marriage certificate that meant I was agreeing to be classified as married with the government, now as for as the ceremony...I signed another certificate saying I was married in the catholic church. Unfortunately, many narrow-minded people out there can't understand or even see the difference in the two. The first I spoke of allows me and my wife to share health insurance, make decisions for each other (in the event of being unable to do so), file taxes as a joint couple, and be responsible for each other financially. The latter just means that in the eyes of the church, we are married.
I just wish people out there could understand that our constitution specifically calls for a separation of church and state so that we wouldn't have any official "government" sponsored religion. No matter how many of us are Christians, we need to understand that we cannot use the gov't to force others into the morals and values our beliefs preach.
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