03-19-2014, 05:11 AM
Actually none of those things are about the origin marriage. Marriage was to establish a stable union, in terms of support, and to see that the inheritance was passed down to the true offspring, thus the extremes that were gone to to show the girl was still a virgin, so the man would know the child was his offspring. However I think the sticking point is that heterosexual married couples don't want to have this discussion with their 7 year old daughter. Generally when people feel this strongly about a subject it has a strong personal component, and has little to do with philosophy or religion. The idea of gay marriage makes people uncomfortable, and making an argument about civil rights will have little effect. However a generation from now all of this will be a moot point.
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The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.