[Ransomed]

“...civil divorce and remarriage are nothing new...”

No fault divorce is pretty new, isn’t it? I think Reagan signed the first one into law as governor of CA.

“...and what kicked off this whole redefinition of marriage are estate tax code benefits accruing to spouses...absent that, and civil unions would have sufficed for the gay crowd...”

If that was the case we wouldn’t we be seeing comparatively large numbers of gays marrying in the state’s where they can do so? I think what kicked off the whole redefinition of marriage thing is the ability to be able to use the state to punish those who they know will never buy into it. It’s the stick they will never have to put down.

FReegards

[rollo tomasi]

"...Reagan signed the first one into law as governor of CA."

Oklahoma was the first State to pass No-fault which occurred in the 1950s.

[IrishBrigade]

If that was the case we wouldn’t we be seeing comparatively large numbers of gays marrying in the state’s where they can do so?

...your response is baffling me...perhaps one too many we’s confuses the meaning...do you mean to say ‘we wouldn’t be seeing’, or ‘wouldn’t we be seeing’...