More about gay marriage...

I don't get the arguments, I can see the problem in the US but in the UK?

Okay it goes like this......

Two people - irrespective of gender - fall in love and wish to live together as a family unit.  They wish to have the world around them acknowledge there love and partnership.  They also wish the government to acknowledge it, so that they can make medical decisions, legal decisions and have legal rights and obligations to each other.

So, the idea of marriage comes up.  A few hundred years ago - maybe less - they would jump the broom stick or use some other local ceremony.  The government would have nothing to do with it.  Only the rich would or could afford to get married in a church.  Then we move forward to today, the government has got involved with rights of married couples and need proof that couples are actually couples - the whole marriage thing is about proof that they are a legal couple as far as the government is concerned.

If I (or you) where a conspiracy theorist I may event think it's another way for big brother  to watch and/or control us.......

In the end marriage is a contract between two people to tell the rest of the world that they are together, it is the governments that have made rules and regulations surrounding it.

The argument in the UK is about religious marriage of same sex couples.  You have three choices as I see it:

1.            Live together and love each other as you do and will with no legal safety net or rights

2.            Get married in a civil ceremony, live together and love each other as you do and will with legal safety net & rights.

3.            Ask your local priest and or church if they will marry or bless your joining - if they say no, leave the church and go to points one or two.

Many people out the will be shocked at the thought of leaving their church but honestly - as a same sex couple, you are breaking their rules already and if they don't like the way you live they don't deserve you as a member anyway.

At the end of the day - the difference between a married couple and a couple is about the legal definition, how you announce your love and commitment to each other is not that relevant, do it anyway you wish to do it - shout it from the roof tops, sing like Maria Von Trap, Parachute from a balloon in tandem it is all personal choice.

Your government needs to record it, acknowledge it, and grant it legal status - all the rest is personal preference.

Of course the irony here is that it's an even bigger problem in the US.  Even though the US is a (supposed)  secular state, it seems the church has the upper hand in this system because most religions seem to think same sex relationships are 'a sin' and this sways the government.