When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite
Taz, your article brings up the question of why the federal government should be in the business of marriage. Such a religious conflation of federal jurisdiction flies squarely in the face of the First Amendment:
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Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of the people too peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
As such, gay marriage might be sanctionable by a state, but not by the federal government. So why does it even matter if same-sex marriage was ever a Christian rite?
”HM