RUSH: Wait a minute. But why can't three people do that? You got a lot of love and what could possibly be wrong with that?
CALLER: I think society's determined that two spouses, two people
RUSH: Well, someday society is gonna evolve away from marriage by two people and could be three or four, and you're gonna oppose that then for some reason. You're gonna deny those people their love.
RUSH: Why? I don't understand. Why would you discriminate that way? What does the number matter when we're talking about love here?"
Ditto Rush.
The simple solution? Get government out of the
marriage business.
Currently, a marriage ceremony performed in a U.S. church is recognized as conferring the civil rights of marriage.
This needs to change.
As an example,
in Mexico only civil marriages are recognized as legal.
Couples
need to have 2 weddings (1 in a church) if they want the religious
implications.
The transition in the U.S. could happen by
substituting the term "civil union" for "marriage"
in all legal documents and laws, while the term "marriage"
would be made specific to religious and personal implications.
The
government would look to the civil union when interpreting legal and
tax issues.
Federal legislation might be needed to ensure that
the rights conferred by a civil union performed in 1 state are
recognized by all other states.
Some religious denominations
might elect to perform ceremonies for same gendered folks (e.g. the
Holy Union performed by the Metropolitan Community Church), while
others would not.
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