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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul reax to same-sex marriage being legalized: Get Government Out of Marriage Business
Paul, who has previously said he favors some sort of contract, but not marriage, for same-sex couples, expanded on that idea in an op-ed published on Times website Sunday night.
While I disagree with Supreme Courts redefinition of marriage, I believe that all Americans have the right to contract, Paul writes. He worries that this redefinition will infringe on the religious freedom of those who dont support marriage equality.
The government should not prevent people from making contracts but that does not mean that the government must confer a special imprimatur upon a new definition of marriage, he writes. Perhaps the time has come to examine whether or not governmental recognition of marriage is a good idea, for either party.
Just keep this little tidbit in mind the next time you see someone whose reaction to the achievement of equality in same-sex marriage is to "get government out of the marriage business"--especially if they're linking polygamy to the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Man of Distinction
(109 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Even the Pilgrims thought that marriage was a CIVIL matter.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Forbid them from marrying? or what?
Bryant
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)In Europe if you want to get married you go to a magistrate who marries you and signs the paperwork. You can get a church wedding afterwards but the legal marriage is the one performed by the civil official. Unlike here the priest cannot sign the marriage certificate to validate it.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Some will define it based on their religion and some will define it in strictly legal terms and some will define it based on the society and culture they live in.
Bryant
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)That's why religion needs to stay out of government.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)While you're at it, Rand.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)Medical decisions, inheritances, court testimony, health, life, and disability insurance, pensions, retirement savings, child custody, and bankruptcy.
Just off the top of my head while sitting in a doctor's waiting room.
And as long as court decisions affect things on that list, marriage and government will be entwined.
So... I think I pie-hole needs a good shutting.