gay marriage

Well let's first start at the premise of what marriage is: According to Wikipedia, "Marriage or wedlock is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual. Created as a contract, or through civil process. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage. The most common form of marriage unites a man and a woman as husband and wife.[1][2] Other forms of marriage also exist; for example, polygamy, in which a person takes more than one spouse (marriage partner), is common in many societies.[3] In some jurisdictions marriage has been expanded to include same-sex marriage.[4] The reasons people marry vary, but usually include one or more of the following: legal, social and economic stability; the formation of a family unit; procreation and the education and nurturing of children; legitimizing sexual relations; public declaration of love; or to obtain citizenship.[5][6] A marriage is often declared by a wedding ceremony,[7] which may be performed by a religious officiator, through a similar government-sanctioned secular officiator, or (in weddings that have no church or state affiliation) by a trusted friend of the wedding participants. The act of marriage usually creates obligations between the individuals involved, and in many societies, their extended families." http://en.wikipedia.org... Based upon the premise that it is a religious officiatory or a government sanctioned officiator, all in all it depends on the government or the religious organization to make that final decision on whether to grant marriages which I believe they hand out all too easily. Each religious organization has established their own doctrines to which they adhere to. As such, if that religious group has disavowed bethrothing people of the same sex based upon their religious beliefs, who is one to demand that they change their ways to accomodate two people of the same sex who wish to marry. For example, the rights of the church and of the people to make policies that govern their belief system, as long as they do not advocate violence and anything contrary to the beliefs of the US government, have the rights to establish whether or not they choose to accept membership of two gay couples into their body of believers. As such, for the Christian doctrine which has a policy on homosexuality finds the practice immoral and any person who actively engages in that practice are not operating within the church boundries. Thus if a homosexual couple knowing that they are in violation of the tenements of the belief system which was set before them and they wish to ignore those tenets simply because they feel it does not apply to them is like asking a devil worshipper to continue practicing his belief in a Christian church. Simply speaking the two notions run contary to each other and thus cannot support one another. As for the government, the Constitution was established that separated state from religion and as such governments will not impede on the rights of the church and vice versa. Since the government views marriage as a religious event and if religious groups choose not to allow the wedlock of two gay couples, the government is in no position to mandate a policy that impedes on church practice. Likewise if the government did pass a law legalizing gay marriages, religious institutions do not have to abide as the rules threaten their rights to practice their faith accordingly.