Darren New wrote:
> I disagree. I think most of the people who aren't allowed to marry would 
> be happy to actually have all the rights and privileges of a religious 
> marriage without the religion.

Then don't you think the two institutions should be separate, if there 
is a significant demand for one without the other?

> 
>> Then, if gay people wanted to get married, all they would have to do 
>> would be to find a church that allows them to.
> 
> And I would bet that the first thing that would happen is the religious 
> types would try to get that religion somehow declared improper.

Yes, but we at least have a couple hundred years dealing with unpopular 
religions.  The issue of a religion not being popular but still being 
protected from persecution has been mostly sorted out.

-- 
Chambers

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