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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (543984)	2/22/2004 8:42:36 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"What we are discussing here are the legal aspects of marriage." Well the legal aspects of marriage are quite clear, and have been for a very long time. What you are really doing is separating the legal aspects of marriage from the religious aspect of marriage. I don't think you can do that; if you did, what resulted wouldn't be "marriage." Of course you can have marriages between atheists and agnostics. But a civil ceremony just doesn't carry the weight of a traditional marriage (which is why so many brides want a "real church wedding"). If gays want some sort of legal status between themselves, I'm okay with it. But to allow them actual "marriage" is a gross imposition on the tens of millions of people who view marriage as being inherently a religious relationship.