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Originally Posted by SteveMax58
I almost voted no simply because I think all marriages should be technically classified as Civil Unions and given the same rights & benefits but not called marriages as that has religious connotation. And the more we can keep separate religion & state the better off we are.
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Marriage really isn't a religious thing. It was historically used as a way of determining inheritance, maintaining lineage, and what individual rights a person had. Religion didn't enter the picture till much farther down the road.
Marriage as part of religion is a recent tradition. It was originally used for many of the same reasons the government uses it today. A set of right and benefits for individuals. I'm fine with religions want to hold their own ceremonies and do their own things (as long as it's legal). But it really has nothing to do with the government and those groups trying to take ownership of it are revising history.