Reply #48: Marriage wasn't "soaked in theological terminology" [View All]

[kdmorris]

Until homosexuals wanted to marry. Suddenly it became religious.

I was married in 1986 at the county courthouse. Not a single person said that my marriage wasn't valid because "marriage is a religious institution".

I got divorced in 1994.

I got married the second time at the county courthouse in 1998. Again, not a single person said that my marriage wasn't valid because "marriage is a religious institution".

I am an atheist. But my marriage is still valid. It's not called a civil union. It's not called a domestic partnership. It's called a marriage, sanctioned by the STATE, not the CHURCH.

Why do we keep trying to allow the religious right to tell us what marriage is? Why do we keep trying to compromise with these assholes? Instead of allowing them to redefine it as " a religious institution", why isn't every single one of us, gay or straight, out there fighting for equality instead of trying to change the meaning of everything?

If you allow them to set the terms, they will just change the terms the next time homosexuals get close to getting equal protection.