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<blockquote data-quote="Brackson" data-source="post: 241195" data-attributes="member: 34747">Everything that I'm about to post is from an American standpoint.I agree with most of your statements, except that the government should make something that's equal to a same-sex marriage. There are civil unions and partnership ceremonies that can be performed in anti same-sex marriage states today, but like I said, something of that nature doesn't get the respect it deserves - it has to be explained, and there are legal hindrances compared to an actual marriage (tax benefits, federal protections, it's not recognized in some states, etc). I would, however, be on board with discontinuing marriage all together and coming up with a different term (like religion did). <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emojione/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" data-shortname=";)" />Also, marriage today (at least in the US) has little to no relevance to religion. Sure, the term marriage was invented by religion, but that was thousands of years ago, and concepts of marriage still existed way before that. If religion had its way, there would be no divorce, premarital sex would be illegal, and if a man raped a woman they would be partners in marriage forever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brackson, post: 241195, member: 34747"] Everything that I'm about to post is from an American standpoint. I agree with most of your statements, except that the government should make something that's equal to a same-sex marriage. There are civil unions and partnership ceremonies that can be performed in anti same-sex marriage states today, but like I said, something of that nature doesn't get the respect it deserves - it has to be explained, and there are legal hindrances compared to an actual marriage (tax benefits, federal protections, it's not recognized in some states, etc). I would, however, be on board with discontinuing marriage all together and coming up with a different term (like religion did). ;) Also, marriage today (at least in the US) has little to no relevance to religion. Sure, the[I] term[/I] marriage was invented by religion, but that was thousands of years ago, and concepts of marriage still existed way before that. If religion had its way, there would be no divorce, premarital sex would be illegal, and if a man raped a woman they would be partners in marriage forever. [/QUOTE]

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