The state has no authority to recognize/restrict a religious entity’s celebration of the rite of holy matrimony. Marriage, in the eyes of the state, is little more than a contract entered into freely by two people, and bringing with it, certain benefits, both financial (taxes) and societal (visitation/inheritance rights).

For the state to say a gay couple can’t enter such an agreement, is akin to barring black people from applying for federal housing loans.

The government performs civil marriage for all couples, regardless of whether the couple also plans on looking for a church to sanctify their bond through a religious ceremony.

My support for this issue dwindles, though, when I hear the liberal politicians in Massachusetts condemn the efforts of the anti-gay marriage crowd as “a tyrannical majority trampling on the rights of the minority”.

Yet, they’re the same people who have been cramming reams and reams of useless gun control legislation down our throats for years.

You want to experience life as a member of an oppressed minority? Become a gun owner in Massachusetts?

Great post.