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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I understand where you are all 'coming from'. But...
Allowing gay marriages will not water down hetrosexual marriages, it will water down 'religious' marriages since religions usually see homosexuality as a sin.
I think marriage in most, if not all cultures was originally ( and probably still)entwined with religion. So what if there are a few cultures that marry outside religion, we are talking about our culture and it's roots. Anyway, why shouldn't marriage be restricted to religion? Whats wrong with that?
In this case Russ is a purist.
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I can't see how it can water down religious marriages though, because surely the people who are not allowed to/choose not to marry in a religious ceremony will not whether they have an alternative or not. It's not going to cause huge hoards of people rushing out of the churches to get married elsewhere.
I can see what you're saying about most marriages being intertwined with religion, but this is because society is intertwined with religion, but over time the nature of the religion changes. I.e the shift from paganism to christianity in the past. So if society is shifting, or sections of it are, towards diversity of religion then surely the rest of the culture, including marriage should be allowed forward also. Or should we just have stuck with paganism, or whatever its precursor was (in the UK, insert applicable local arguments here otherwise
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The problem I would have about restricting marriage to religion only is that it is an unfair judgement on people who do not accept any one religion. Also, where do you stop, do you allow all religions to have marriage, or just specific ones? (not aimed at you Ramrod, just general question
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