The People have spoken - Marriage Equality wins in Maine, Maryland and Washington!

[Zappykins]

JazzB1987 said:
Is this about marriage in a church or marriage in a registry office (I have no idea how the marriage procedure is in the states so excuse me if the question makes no sense. In my country there is the above mentioned seperation church and "registry office")


If its for the registry office one im totally okay with it. But If its for the church one well I dunno.

Lets say you are really into religion and you "obey" the rules then you can actually not be gay since men belong to women and being gay is against the "rules".

So you ignore a rule and then still want to marry inside a church? Makes no sense to me people need to be consistent not switch sides etc. ( You cant just accept the parts of the religion that suit your current lifestyle... and ignore the rest) Built your own type of mosque/church/synagogue ;) or "rent" a castle or some other romantic place.

And if you dont care about religion there is no way you should be able to marry inside a church anyway.

So thats what I dont understand.

This is about civil marriage rights recogized by the state government.  So a same sex couple can get all the same state rights that an oppsite sex couple would get.

There are many, many religouns and churches that have already perform same sex and other kinds of marriage.  But those marriages are just a ceremony unless the state recognizes it.

In the USA this has nothing to do with having a ceremony in or outside of a Church.  That is up to the Church itself - some Churches do not marry divorced people, or people they know are not virgins, or people of different races.  It is their choice to decide who they want and don't want to marry.  The state can not have any sway over their personal practices. 

I personaly know two priest, on Roman Catholic and one American Catholice that are just happy to marry same sex couples.  But unless that marriage happens in a state that recognizes and issues a marriage license, then it is just a blessing. 

Athiest get married in the states too.

The voting yesterday was about recognizing the civil rights at the state level.  Current at the federal level of the USA it is tied up in courts and their rights are in limbo.