Yankeesse wrote:Because there have been cases of Clergymen refusing to perform such "marriages as it is against their beleifs ad they get sued over it.
First and foremost, source? Secondly, a church is a private institution, so add a clause that states it does not need to perform same sex marriages. Marriages are civil first and foremost, so the state can marry them just fine.
Because Marriage is about setting up the foundations of a family which same sex couples cannot do in any natural way.
So adoption is unnatural?
So surrogates are unnatural?
So infertile heterosexual couples can't marry?
So old heterosexual couples can't marry?
So heterosexual couples not wanting kids can't marry?
Or do you just hate gays?
Why should people want to take part in a tradition of Union when it has historically excluded them anyway?
Because marriage holds a tremendous amount of weight in society. It means a great deal. And if marriage is to exist at all, it must be available to all.