My husband and I were having a conversation about gay marriages last night. (Probably brought on by me reading this thread.) My husband has several employees that we have attended their committment ceromonies. My husband was basically saying the same thing DC Deep was saying.....that the government basically needs to get out of the marriage business (defining legallally recognized marriages.....) and leave it to the churches to decide. But it is kind of a catch 22 because the federal government needs some kind of criteria to use to assign or dole out benefits.

Personally I don't see what is wrong with having domestic partnerships. If it has the same legal benefits what is in a name?

The argument that I see is how all the religious conservatives define marriage......and they state it is a union between a man and a woman. And I am sure their basis is procreation.

Personally I believe that people ought to be able to be with whoever they want to be with.