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Quote by: Gorgo I think the whole thing should be looked at from top to bottom. Some see marriage as a religious ritual. Some see the contractual and social benefits. They talk about things like the idea of "kin." When you live with someone, they're not kin. When you get married, they're kin.
I think there are probably cases where two people who are not sexually involved would benefit from the idea of civil unions, so I don't think it's just a sex thing. I think anyone who wants to enter into that kind of contract ought to be able to.
I think if the state does anything, it should offer "civil unions" , or simply contractual unions with public benefits, to everyone who wants it regardless of whether or not they have sex, and leave marriage to the churches.
However, if the State offers marriages, it should offer them at least to homosexuals or heterosexuals. |
I agree...."MARRIAGE" is a religious ritual! Civil unions should be an acceptable compromise. Which brings up a separate but interesting question.....Do atheists and agnostics marry in a church with a minister's blessing? I have known people who have said they were not religious but they walked down the isle of and church and accepted the blessings of GOD.