“If “gay marriage” is okay, why isn’t polygamy?”
And polyandry.
Author does topic a disservice by equating private free choices to adapt to the citizenry (bi-linhgual food packages) and government-imposed restrictions (seatbelt laws).
Congress is prohibited by the First Amendment from making any law regarding the establishment of religion by a government. That means no laws creating a state religious sect. It does not mean no laws allowing the state to give respect to the varioius religious sects practiced by the people. In fact, the First Amendment forbids Congress from making any law that prohibits the freedom to practice any religious sect (arguably limited to any sect known to the framers), but does not in any way prohibit laws encouraging the practice of religion.
If citizens can contract to abide by a private system (such as arbitration) for resolving disputes, religious systems for resolving disputes (that citizens agree to follow) such as religious tribunals cannot be prohibited by federal law. This applies to civil law disputes, but not to criminal law matters.
Sharia as a legal means of resolving contract disputes can be a good thing. But not for criminal issues.
Refusing to give federal recognition to more than one marriage or to some new definition of marriage is not a religious matter. It is a law that does not prohibit ones private choice to have more than one religious marriage or to redefine marriage.
Yet the sense of Genesis 2:24 is singular, not plural, from the original Hebrew as well as in English translation. It also comports well with the Pentateuch´s stress on the Oneness of God.
If the mooselims want sharia used then they shouldn’t get mad when canon law is used too.
On the other hand, does it mean that moslems will not be allowed to follow their religious law in their own communities? I hope not, because that would set a terrible precedent. What's next? Will Halakhah (Jewish religious law) be banned? Will kosher food or circumcision be outlawed? Will Jewish religious courts which affect absolutely no one but the Orthodox Jews who recognize them be dissolved?
Even the Catholic Church has religious courts. Will they be next?
This sounds an awful lot like the ACLU's campaign to secularize America and destroy all Theistically-based moral/ethical/legal systems.