Ravi
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- Feb 27, 2008
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And THAT is what the judge was being asked to perform. A civil union. Religious marriages occur in church.Then that is a civil union, not a Marriage. Consider it more of a contract.How so? The last wedding I went to was performed by a notary. There was nothing religious about the ceremony.Marriage is a religious sacrement, your lack of relgious knowledge does not make reality invalid.Marriage isn't defined as a religious sacrament. Invalidating your entire premise.actually, since marriage as defined is a religious sacrement, its the state that does not get to define it for the Christians.You dont dictate our laws to us.
Your religion is wholly irrelevant in the case of state marrage.
civil unions could be considered non religious, however the ceremony that goes with a marriage is religious