No Laws About Personal, Private Relationships
Repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act and state laws and amendments defining marriage. Oppose any new laws or Constitutional amendments defining terms for personal, private relationships. Repeal any state or federal law assigning special benefits to people based on marital status, family structure, sexual orientation or gender identification. Repeal any state or federal laws denying same-sex partners rights enjoyed by others, such as adoption of children and spousal immigration. End the Defense Department practice of discharging armed forces personnel for sexual orientation. Upgrade all less-than-honorable discharges previously assigned solely for such reasons to honorable status, and delete related information from military personnel files. Repeal all laws discriminating by gender, such as protective labor laws and marriage, divorce, and custody laws which deny the full rights of each individual.
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Get Government Out of the Marriage Business?
Posted April 5th, 2008 by JminehanIn Short, Your Point Seems to Be: Get Government Out of the Marriage Business?
On a Constitutional Basis, and based on the Common Law developed on 1st Amendment issues, this seems like a good idea. Secular courts aren't supposed to determine religious issues and who can marry whom seems to be something better left to Bet Dins and Diocesan Marriage Tribunals.
Let the various faiths define marriage, with some laws retained related to Parens Patria/Public Health (no marrying your relatives or your pets and its better to fail your Wassermann than never to have loved at all, to be sophomoric). Seems to avoid "entanglements" with religious law.