Originally Posted by 99civic_love
but people who are unreligious can get married? you don't have to have priest marry you, and the marriage doesn't have to be under "the eyes of god" in a church, nor does god have to be anywhere in the service. but you're still saying that all marriage is a religious union?
so even though i'm straight, i can't get married according to your definition.
perhaps i didn't state myself clearly enough. what i meant is that in general, for the majority of those that marry, it is a union between man and woman under the eyes of god. so with that in mind, how is it constitutional at all for a governing body to regulate marriage in the first place?