Originally posted by Only-now
Next, no where in the First Amendment does it mention marriage, nor is marriage a right. It is a privelage, as any judge or preist can choose not to marry anyone for any reason. Marriage is also not just religious, it is also legal. Thus, and amendment would state that the GOVERNMENT would not LEGALLY recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex. That doesn't mention religion as the reason, and it is perfectly okay for people to vote for that amendment because they are religious. Now, if the amendment said "We are not recognizing gay marriage because it is against Christianity"..then you would have a point. It doesn't matter what the motivation is..in fact religious motivation is a good thing. Look at slavery...do you not think that many people who wanted to abolish it were not using religious reasons such as God creating everyone equal as a motivation? (don't even bring up slavery in the Bible because it has nothing to do with those who choose to use it for this interpretation..it is religious nonetheless) It isn't as if slavery was bad for the country economically...it was very important and essential. So..I guess we shouldn't have abolished it because people were agreeing with it for religious reasons. I know there were other reasons to abolish it etc, but I am just pointing that out.