I agree with you DHS.
I married less than 2 years ago, so I am still in the somewhat "honeymoon" phase
I would have been devastated if we had been told we could not marry because of our "morals".
We were married in a non-traditional ceremony.
We could have gotten married at a courthouse, which is the equivalent of a civil ceremony. Nothing religious about that.
It angers me that this boils down to a matter of religion.
It's really all about Christian views.
If marriage is so *@#%(* sacred, we should outlaw divorce. Lop off private parts when adultery is committed. And we should apply for approval from the government in advance as to the location we are to marry in, the color of the attire (white vs. "off-white"), and the vows that are to be read.
The government should then decide that couples reproductive rights by requiring the couple to fill out applications before getting pregnant, and court monitored parenting classes.
The list could go on and on.
The problem is that you cannot legislate moral issues. You can use morals as guidance, but even atheists learn values and morals. Everyone has a different set of morals.
Trying to legislate personal beliefs is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Good luck mandating Christian beliefs and ignoring the fact that not everyone is "Christian"....
Even the term "Christian" means so many different things to so many different people, even those who are a part of the faith.
I thought the whole point of conservatism was SMALLER GOVERNMENT?