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OT: Rebelious reopening of locked topic 2-Sep-2010 At 5:32:11 PM dave h.

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On 2/09/2010 gordoste wrote:
>dave - I agree everybody should have a right to civil unions, but that
>is not the issue. Should everybody have a right to marriage? And if marriage
>is a civil institution, why should religious arguments be used to justify
>excluding a section of society from it?

When I say "civil union" I mean a non-religious, legally effective marriage ceremony.

The distinction I was trying to make is that between a religious marriage and a legal marriage. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Some (most) religious marriages are also legal marriages (IE recognised by law as being legally valid).

Everyone should have the right to legal marriages. Arguments which are primarily religious should not be too much weight in determining who is entitled to legal marriages.
Each religion should be able to determine, based on its own religious arguments, who is entitled to a religious ceremony celebrating marriage.