I saw today that DC is about to pass an ordinance making gay marriage legal in the District. The usual suspects in Congress will kick and fuss and try to block it, and will likely fail. Which is fine with me.
But on the larger issue of gay marriage, here's where I stand:
Governments should not be in the business of recognizing marriages. Hetero, gay, whatever, the government shouldn't have anything to do with that. The government should only recognize civil unions between any two consenting adults. Civil unions have all the legal benefits of marriage (or should anyway- I'd fix that too if it were not so), for instance, joint property, health and retirement benefits, etc, but avoid all the religious overtones that the word "marriage" carries with it. I'd have all governments stop issuing "marriage licenses" immediately.
This way, any 2 adults who want to make a commitment to each other can, and they can get all the benefits associated with that. And, people who want to include or exclude other people from a religious concept like marriage can be free to do so. In this way, society can be supportive of equal rights, and people who want to discriminate due to whatever their religious beliefs are can do so. Everyone gets to live the way they want.
But I doubt this is going to happen anytime soon.
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