Brainslug on 04 August 2011
Marriage is a word - and just a word. Religion doesn't own it - otherwise one church would not recognize the marriages of another church because they were not married in the same tradition...
So marriage, to different groups, means something different. To your church, it's between a man and a woman before god. To the governement, it's a social arrangement between 2 people that guarantees them certain civil rights in regards to one another - god has nothing to do with it. And in whatever country you are, EVERYONE has the rights to the same civil rights, should they choose to obtain them.
Nobody has a copyright on the word "marriage"... stop being so pissed off if someone else uses it differently.
