I now pronounce you...

I was surfing through Youtube and saw one made by a young man in NY about DC allowing gay marriage.  He made an interesting comment.  That why should his love be limited to where he should live.  DC is one of only a few places in the country where gay marriage is accepted.  There are others that have a weaker element, that of domestic partnership or something like it.  I keep hear churches saying that marriage is a part of religion and that it was what God created. 

Well for those who say this they need to go back to study history.  Marriage in the beginning was a civil contract between two men over property (a woman or women).  Religion was never part of the contract the issue was how much the man was going to pay.  Even all the customs that surround marriage come from this custom.  For example the covering of the bride with a veil was to hide her looks since it was an arranged marriage.  The groom lifting the veil after the exchange of the vows was so he could see what he got in the deal.  Throwing rice was an ancient pagan fertility ritual.  Now I could go on and on about all the stupid customs.

The issue comes back to gay marriage and what it is about.  The reality is that gay marriage has to do with rights of committed couples.  Whether it be a straight couple or a gay couple it is the rights to makes some important decisions about their partner.  It is the issue of property and not a human being.  It is an issue of taxation.  There are more but the point is that religion has nothing to do with gay marriage. 

As for those idiots who say gay marriage is the entry into marriage with animals etc.  Get a brain transplant and get some common sense.  Your argument is a dumb one and makes no sense.  For those religious people who expect gay marriage to force them to accept it in your church.  If you are that unwelcoming I for one would not want to be a part of your church.