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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll elaborate.  A lot of it comes down to religious freedom.   If "marriage" can be expanded, the worry is how does that affect churches that don't believe marriage is possible other than between a man and a woman?  Is the govt going to make catholic charities allow gay adoptions?  Are they going to make them offer gay couples marriage housing at catholic universities?  Are they going to make priests officiate at gay marriages?  The separation of church and state is not as absolute as many as you think and would like.

Civil unions are fine, the issue is calling it "marriage".[/quote]

I think this is a trite argument.

The government is currently not in the business of telling any churches who to marry and who not to marry.  Pastors throughout the country refuse to officiate certain weddings because they feel that the heterosexual couple is not ready to marry.

Catholic charities currently allow adoptions to lesbian women.  It is a don't ask, don't tell situation.  I have a friend who adopted two children using CC.  The counselor suspected or knew she was gay.  Heck, you have to list everyone in your home and all adults must undergo security checks.  However, as long as my friend did not articulate that she was sexually involved with her adult long-term female "roommate", it was A-OK.

To my knowledge, the government does not require any institutions to have housing.  Did you also have issues with co-ed housing for singles.  [/quote]

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