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On the contrary, this is a direct assault on the prerogative of the state to declare what marriage is. It would be a fundamental change in how marriage is understood, and would make churches realize that they are not just handmaids of the state, but moral authorities in their own right, able to police marriage according to the tenets of their own faith. All of the legal issues surrounding marriage - tax laws, property rights, rights of children, and so forth - have already been addressed in ways that make legal marriage virtually irrelevant.