Obama: Court must end California gay marriage ban

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

But formal marriage? I don't see how that is possible. Marriage in and of itself is a religious ceremony, ususally conducted by a member of a church of some kind.

Does that mean that people who go to a Justice Of The Peace aren't really married? The reality is that for the ancient Greeks true love could only be had between members of the same sex, and marriage was to guarantee lineage. In fact, even early Christians married by declaring that they were so. The Chuch got involved early on, but very late when compared with the whole of history. The idea of marrying for love is fairly recent, and the definition of "marriage" has changed many times. One more won't hurt a thing.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/artic...rriage-history
http://theweek.com/article/index/228...over-centuries