On 06/11/2006, at 9:31 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 6 Nov 2006 at 7:56, Charlie Bell wrote:
I'm guessing the server problems with Brin-L ate the end of the
previous thread on this topic, but I still haven't heard a good
argument for discrimination on gender preference for marriage.
I haven't heard a good argument why marriage, a religious concept,
should be involved in civil partnerships.
Well, that's one solution I offered - separate the legal from the
ceremony *entirely* (which would have made me happier, instead of the
mish-mash of required ceremony even in a non-religious marriage).
But anyway, marriage is not a religious institution, even if it was
originally a religious concept (and that is uncertain, it has meant
so many things over the millenia). It's a legal institution. This
"civil partnership" distinction is a red herring - *all* marriages
are civil partnerships.
Charlie
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