"On Equal Marriage Rights"

[thewhitedragon]

In "Everson v. Board of Education", Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black stated The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the federal government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another. Neither can force nor

Comments

[kiltboy]

I had a nice response to go here, but I just went and stuck it in my journal. I got all wordy. And for the record, yeah, I agree for the most part.

[dreamtigress]

This. All of the this. I've never seen marriage as a religious union. If a judge, a justice of the peace, and a ship's captain can marry you, sans religion, then how is marriage solely a religious thing ?

Can I link to this ? Like, in all the places ?

[thewhitedragon]

It's a public entry, so feel free.