Should governments start regulating religion?

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Puppyroach said:

Cobretti2 said:

That is just stupid.

The church or the people getting married have to fill out the relevant government paper work anyway. It is no different that doing the paper work and getting an elvis impersonator  marry you in las vegas.

They are both government weddings. The only difference is that with a church one you get a free bonus God DLC.

If you believe in separation of church and state, it is the only logical conclusion. A priest should of course, like any other person, be able to get a permit to conduct marriages for the government´s account, but the ceremony must then be free from any religious influence in terms of speeches and so on. The government is a secular construct so it is only reasonable that religion is kept as seperate as possible from it, for the sake of both religious freedom and for the people.

... I know Cobretti basically said the same thing but this is so absurd...  The exact opposite of a logical conclusion.

I just don't even know what to say.  The government's only role is issuing the license.  The party you have when you get it is completely your decision.  Are you saying the government should tell you what you could do at your parties?  Should we establish a special party task force to make sure everybody is partying in accordance with the first ammendment if the party is somehow attached to a government function?  If the state issues you a driver's license can you not use it to go to church? 

As you can tell from my posts here, I'm pretty against religion.  But this is just out there man...