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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
The state didn't keep the sanctity of the institution, the voters of the state did. In the regard to separation of church and state, I believe that marriage should be abolished from the state and instead be replaced with civil unions between any two consenting adults, and if you want to have a religious ceremony of a marriage or anything of the sort, that's your right, but it won't be held up as a legal binding by the government.
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Going with the interpretation of marriage as a religious institution, I don't see it that way; I see it as the voters telling the state to keep it, which would make it a violation of separation. Ultimately it's the state that's bound by the new law and takes the appropriate action.