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Whether or not a marriage is 'sacred' or not is irrelevant.
One of the original purposes of marriage was to join a woman to a man. Her ownership was transfered from the father to the groom. She little more than chattle (often bought and paid for with a dowry).
There is little "sacred" about this.
There are other reasons and traditions but in the end but what does it really matter in this day and age? Sacred is as sacred does? Who are you to judge and say that the committment between one couple (let's call them Grace and Gilda) is more meaningful than another?
If there is anything sacred in a marriage it is that "love and committment".
I don't care if you are married by an Elvis impersonator or in a Cathedral... nothing else matters except that two people are committing to oneanother.
The rest is just window dressing.
Once you have that out of the way, the reason for a marriage in this day and age is (essentially) a contract (see the post way back near the start where there was a tally of benefits granted to a married couple).
If you have no problems with gays in general, you should have no problems with gay marriage. Again, you have yet to provide any reason other than that you think it is "wrong"... and that's just not enough to deny someone's rights.
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