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Originally Posted by pelathais
"Government" has always regulated the issuance of marriage licenses. The license itself is a government document and you could be prosecuted criminally if you did anything fraudulant with it.
This isn't an example of "government interference" in our lives - but was one of the issues the founders of our nation wrangled with. It was determined to be an issue for the states to regulate to minimize the amount of Federal interference and control. But this was something that "We the People..." chose to regulate and was not imposed on us by some alien or foreign or authoritarian power.
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I knew it was too good to last *sigh*
Well, I suppose you're right; however, you must understand that if the government can allow gays to marry and have the same rights as a man and a woman, then I suppose that the same government at some point can allow or disallow anyone to get married. I guess I just feel like the government is getting too much power to control our lives because "we" gave them that power.
Don't get me wrong, I do not personally support the lifestyle of homosexuality, but niether do I support "big government". The more we as a people relinquish our rights to politicians by who we vote for, the more they will unlikely give us back that power to control our own lives. Do you suppose abortion will stop? How about welfare support to those who never paid taxes? I believe the list can go on and on, but government isn't going to solve any of our issues.
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