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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever heard anyone ever give a single 'coherent' reason to be against marriage equality? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)They think the religious marriage is what is being discussed.
It isn't.
You could be married in your religion, in your church and still not have your marriage recognized by the government for tax, Social Security and other purposes.
It's the civil marriage, the marriage that is registered with the government that is at issue.
The religious marriage, the religious rite is entirely up to the authorities of the religion.
As I explained, the government authorizes many people to perform marriages including but not limited to religious authorities.
I think I made this pretty clear. That is why the whole argument against same-sex marriage is and why, sooner or later, the denial of the fundamental right to marry as established in the Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia will, in my opinion, be deemed unconstitutional.
There is utterly no significant reason for the denial.