(06-26-2015 06:16 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 04:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  This country is so f'ed.

Does consent not matter to you as a distinction?

Because it is pretty much THE ONLY THING that matters in marriage for me.



Gay marriage is yet another example of how desperately lost and devoid of tact the values voter wing of the GOP is with the rest of the country. If they had even one iota of tact they'd have taken the Ron Paul stance of making marriage an institution divorced from the state. No more marriage licenses, etc. Make it a purely religious function. Allow people to assign spousal benefits they would get from insurance/government by having a standard form that has to be notorized at an official government building (say the nearest USPS that does passports). But no. The values voters wanted to go against principles and use the power of the state to force their views upon everybody else. And so they've been spending the last several years getting their *** handed to them.

So I'm just curious.

Define Marriage now...like as of this moment in time.

Not just you but anyone