[Tom24125]

First of all, I take umbrage with the notion the marriage simply involves ‘obtaining a piece of paper’. Now, neither side in this issue would admit that that is what they believe, but both sides (same-sex marriage advocates and opponents) act as if they believe that marriage is a governmentally based institution, in that they place such high importance on this issue. Personally, I believe that everyone should have access to whatever civil rights marraige grants (in the form of ‘civil unions’), but I would be happy if the secular state stayed out of marriage altogther and left it entirely to the churches and, perhaps, secular private institutions. Aside from prosaic civil right (as in inheritance, taxes, etc.), it is irrelevant whether the state starts marrying gays, because, in my opinion, it has no right to marry (in the social and spiritual sense of the term) anybody in the first place.

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Name : Tom24125, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 19, City : Yonkers, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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