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with most world religions.
But as a citizen of the U.S., I find the logic tortuous at best to deny gay citizens basic rights/infringement of rights the rest of us enjoy/suffer through.
In other word, and to completely compartmentalize, there is NO theolgical foundation for gay marriage (some rabbis, some Christian churches, some Buddhist groups being the exception, though they all MUST ignore tradition--tradition being inherent to each of the traditions named above ; how's that for a parenthetical???). But there are obvious legal rationales for gay marriage. Heck, it really ought to be a constitutional, prima facie argument easily won.
I could make an ethical, human rights argument for the pro-life cause on legal grounds (though the legal precendents now make it pretty tough), and this is without a doubt the most contentious issue of our day. But the gay marriage issue seems iron clad. The ONLY reason dems. fall back on a state's-rights-issue argument is for pure electoral college politics.
Sorry, I know I didn't answer the request of your initial post.
G.U.
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