re: Should govt. be completely out of the marriage/family business?

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The gay community wants the benefits, the religious community refuses to redefine a word. If the government just changed the "word" they use to refer to marriage so that the word "marriage" doesn't have to be redefined to include "a man and a man" or a "woman and a woman", you get a compromise that everyone can live with.


If that is true then sign me the frick up and let's move on.

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It is absolutely true, the only issue is politics. If the politicians fix the problem, they can't continue to drum up votes by saying they're going to fix it. They can't fear monger that the other side is going to fix it the wrong way (either ban gay marriage completely or completely legalize gay marriage and force churches to perform them to maintain their non-profit status). If they fix the problem, they lose an important wedge issue that they use to get reelected and distract from real issues like campaign finance reform, immigration, the national debt, international entanglements, healthcare, entitlements, energy policy, ect.