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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Marriage is, first and foremost, a religious ceremony. Can't you see how a 'purist' would view newcomers, like civil ceremonies? It's not a 'one true way', rather the original, as it was intended, how it all started 'way'. Why should it be watered down to cater for governments and homosexuals?
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I do hope you are being cynical... Why should marriage be restricted to religion? Because that's the way it started? An alternative way of saying that would be to use the word archaic...
Some people find it important to make a vow to each other, as a formal sign to their partner/ surroundings. Where you do that is up to the people in question. If you're religious, it's your church, if you're not it's city hall (or wherever). Neither one of them is better than the other, and to imply that one of them is better is insulting to the other IMO.