Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
Because marriage is both a Christian tradition and a legal status. While they share the same name and roots, they are not the same thing. Gays aren't trying to change the Christian tradition, they are trying to change the legal status definition. That's why you don't see gays protesting church's for not marrying them. In the states where civil unions have been granted, they have not had ALL the benefits of heterosexual marriage. If they did, I personally think many gays would be more willing to compromise on the terminology.
Interestingly, they have not had any of our state congressmen submit a resolution calling for marriage to be re-defined. They have not tried to change the law in the correct legal way at all - instead, they have mounted a media blitz and have attempted to find a way to force the federal government to override the states' rights and go outside the correct legal process that everyone else has to follow.
Don't you think that if the majority of Georgian's wanted marriage to be redefined for same-sex marriages that it would be passed? The fact is that Georgians supported the Defense of Marriage Act in 2004 overwhelmingly.