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Posted by Daniel Peterson on April 27, 2005, 8:12 pm, in reply to "gays and marriage" My mom, who was baptized Catholic, married my dad, who is protestant, in front of a judge. My mom has always said the Catholic Church does not recognize her marriage, but government does. Here lies the problem. Should it be called "marriage?" I respect religious groups right to argue marriage is between a man and a woman, but I also understand that society has defined marriage as such and government has followed suit. If religious groups argue marriage is theirs and only between a man and a woman, perhaps they should take it to the US Supreme Court and argue that government's use of the term "marriage" as a union between two people is unconstitutional by way of the First Amendment. Congress has created marriage laws and by definition marriage is a religious term. In this sense, government won't have the right to descrimate and will classify all bonds between two people as a sort of Union. I know there is the argument that "marriage" isn't strictly a religious term, but in my opinion, the only way to get government out of our nuptuals and leave it to our faith would be to approach it in this way.
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Marriage is a social construct. By definition, marriage is a union between two people, historically and religiously between a man and a woman. As for the problem with the definition, that's a government problem.
Then, if you are married in a church, it is up to your congregation to use the term marriage, whether it accepts same sex unions or not.
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