I don't see marriage as a civil right for sure as it is actually a legal right. Civil right insinuates that if i was denied marriage by an individual I could sue them for violation of my civil rights. Every girl who ever said no would be in court.

I believe that marriage is rite. It's a personal and sometimes religious ceremony in which people express their love and commitment for one another. Everyone has the ability to have that. This idea in the GLBT community that the government is saying you can't get married is BS. I can marry a girl right now if i wanted to. We can rent out some nice venue and have a big white wedding it's a rite after all.

What I don't believe in is this legal marriage idea. I don't believe in it for straight couples, I don't believe in it for gay people. I don't understand the logic of "baby I love you, lets invite the government into our house". I get very frustrated with the GLBT community when they recognize this AS fact. That marriage *is* a form of government repression and then go on to vote for it.

No! We need a total re-vamp of this law. Marriage is incredibly archaic (legally) and easily circumvented. The rights that are being fought over in the GLBT community are things that a well written living will can take over.

So this pole, unfortunately does not have my answer. "Marriage is an archaic form of government repression and should be removed from table for everyone. The government is not needed to enforce rites."