Yes the laws regarding rights of inheritance and surrogate health care evolved because of marriage. However, the governement need not force people into a religious union to afford civil rights. Like wise married people should not rely on their religious union as a guarantor of civil rights.
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Russell Fulling commented on Separation of Church and State and Gay marriage on January 8, 2008, 2:00 PM
Yes the laws regarding rights of inheritance and surrogate health care evolved because of marriage. However, the governement need not force people into a religious union to afford civil rights. Like wise married people should not rely on their religious union as a guarantor of civil rights.