Daisyjane69: “I have said, for a long time, that government should not be in the business of marriage.”
Then you’ve been wrong for a long time. Government is in the business of marriage for many reasons, not the least of which is its importance to a stable culture. I’m not going to list all the reasons here. This should be elementary stuff for a FReeper.
The problem here is, a pattern has been established. Listen, I don’t want gay marriage anymore than anyone else. That said, lots of legal minds figure that it’s going to be found legal sooner rather than later. What they cannot win at the ballot box, they take to a judge. The standard modus operandi of the left on lots of issues. I suspect that is the reason for the terminology of civil unions, leaving the term “marriage” to religious organizations. Even Ted Olson has gone over to the dark side on this issue. It’s hard to justify under the equal protection clause, lawyers are finding out.
Wasn’t ignoring everyone’s posts on this, but our area had a complete regional DSL wipeout the entire day Friday. I won’t be able to answer all who kindly pinged me on this thread because I am behind on other stuff I need to do online.