The Meaning of Marriage; by law and religion

More religious right-wing-nuts that don't understand our constitution and that there is a separation of church and state regarding public law. "Marriage" is a legal entity created by the state by granting the licensing of two individuals to be treated legally as a single entity for the purpose legal contracts, property ownership, making decisions regarding the other individual, tax issues, inheritance, and so on. It has nothing to do with a religious definition of marriage.

Religious marriage is a ritual or act that conforms to whatever faith tenet they have, be it Christian, Jewish, Islam, Buddhist, Hindu, or whatever... That is their right to perform such rituals in the most holy of manner. But these are only for their purpose of marriage. They are not forced to perform any marriage that does not conform to the requirements of their ritual and tenets. So there is no threat or demand upon them to violate whatever ban or restriction they may impose upon their own followers. However, they have no authority to dictate that others must conform to their rituals and tenets in order to have a legally recognized marriage licensed by the state. Nowhere in the constitution does it state that they are granted the sole authority to define marriage and that all citizens must conform to whatever they state as a legal marriage.

Jim Garlow, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and all the other wacko self-righteous preachers and politicians should understand that their religious beliefs have no standing in the legal and constitutional rights of others. We are a country that all citizens have equal access to and protection of the law. This includes the equal standing of marriage within the context of public law.

What these Christian activists are stating is that they are the arbiter of civil law and their hate and homophobia must be the law of the land. Why? Because they claim they have the authority and power granted by God, so say them. Of course no one has recorded a call from God or a certified document by God that gives such power and rights to them.

These people are ugly hateful people who do nothing but milk huge sums of money from followers for their own selfish pleasures.