Start a religion, and make it a religious practice. I know, its not perfect because, what if someone wants to marry their same-sex partner and be Christian (for example)? But maybe its a step in the right direction. Hear me out...What if there was a religion that was recognized by United States government (just like Christianity, Mormonism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and many many others), and this religion allowed same-sex couples to marry? Just because the Christian Church (again, for example) doesn't allow same-sex marriage, doesn't mean this hypothetical religion's church would. So, wouldn't it be an infringement on this religion's followers' Freedom of Religion if we legislated against same-sex marriage?
We should be conscious of how the Separation of Church and State is designed to prevent the laws of religion from dictating the laws of man. That was important to the 'founding fathers' because this country was founded by people attempting to escape, amongst other things, forced religious practices.
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Does that mean that anyone who is still denied rights that the rest of us are granted is simply not "human"?
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