I have a question regarding gay marriage/civil unions [View All]

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A friend of mine was arguing that "marriage" was a church term and should be respected as such. I don't agree with that but it did make me think -- if this is a bibilical concept and by its very nature religious, why don't we have civil unions for straight people who eschew religion? If marriage is solely religious I don't want any part of it.

If that fucking word "marriage" is so important to the lunatics I'd like to opt out and have civil union be the default and make people jump through the church hoops if that's what they want to do. But even then why are we letting religion dictate law?

I don't know if this makes any sense because I'm a bit stoned on vicodin (fell on the ice this morning :( ) but I'm still boggled at the whole notion of being against gay marriage. I just don't understand their opposition.