Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec View Post
Even if the term "marriage" has religious overtones it has evolved past it, and I'm pretty sure the term was used before most of Europe became christian. I see where you're coming from Vuk, but even if the institution was renamed to Civil Union people will still talk about getting married and marriages, gay people included.
Let them, that is a private choice. The thing is that the word became used to describe the institution that Christians believe that God ordained. It is a thing before God, not man. To get a little Biblical on you, did people go to get married before Caesar or God? They did it "In the eyes of God" because it was a pledge they made before God, and God held them accountable, not the State. From a Christian perspective, it should not be a State institution either. There should be a State institution of civil unions, not marriages. Gays are not gonna be treated any better if they highjack a word that has sacred proportions to a large amount of the population. They are gonna be treated exactly as they would if the name was civil union instead, only they are gonna have Christians mad. If I am living in a Muslim country and I am not being treated fairly, I would argue for equal treatment, but I would not try to highjack religious words that are sacred to them and that do not apply to me. If a gay has a RELIGIOUS argument that they are entitled to enter into the institution with their gay partner before God, I would listen to their argument. That is a matter of church, not state though. (and I am not sure if it is just my experience or what, but by far the majority of gays I know are non-religious, Jewish, or Muslim. I only know one gay who claimed to be Christian and he recently announced his disgust for Christianity because he though it condemned his lifestyle. I wonder if there is statistics on that.