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Originally Posted by Stompy
Dunno if it occurred to most of you, but religion shouldn't be involved in any legislation whatsoever.
Separation of church and state, remember?
So next time you babble off about "god gave us marriage", just realize that it means nothing nor does it hold any water because it's irrelevant. I don't know where people get off thinking that they can incorporate religion into law... you can't limit the actions of someone else based on your beliefs that most others don't share or care about.
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Separation of church and state means no establishment of religion, it does not mean that people or legislators cannot vote a certain way because of their beliefs, religious or otherwise.
The majority can limit the actions of someone else. They do it all the time. All the time. Whether or not all of the voters on these gay marriage initiatives had the same reason for voting, we do know that those who voted the ban gay marriage have some sort of beliefs that most people both share and care about.