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[personal profile] kiya 2008-11-06 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
And for those of us whose gods aren't weird enough to care about marriage, then? Are we the new second-class citizens?

Oh, wait, non-Christians are already not real people.

[identity profile] terry-terrible.livejournal.com 2008-11-07 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Okay wait a minute, I didn't specify which institution did I? Hell, I think if two get together and just want to call it "marriage" then they have the right too if they don't want a regligious ceremony involved. But the whole struggle semantics over whether to call it a civil union or marriage just seems absurd to me. It just might be best to get the government out of the marriage business across the board.
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[personal profile] kiya 2008-11-07 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Getting the government out of the marriage business" means abolishing the probate courts, abandoning the concept of next of kin, and removing all inheritance protocols. It's a legal contract, we have an entire branch of government for looking after legal contracts.