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To: Lane3 who wrote (184807)	10/31/2006 6:55:24 PM
From: Stevefoder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793739

The folks from more strictly religious background ...the ones clamoring for a strong government role in marriage. Marriage is not a religious institution. It is strictly a legal (government) institution. Proof: If you marry in a Jewish temple, Baptist church, Moslem mosque, Catholic Church or any other place that marriage is still considered valid when you change your religion. Have you ever heard of a married couple having to remarry in a new church when they change faiths? If their marriage was a religious institution, then they would have to be married within that faith - or remarried within that new faith. However, when you change religions (eg. Catholic changing to Baptist) then you have to be rebaptized. Conclusion: Marriage is a government institution. Therefore it is governed by man's and government's laws.