Originally posted by Big RICHARD
why shouldn't they be allowed to show their partner their entire commitment to them by marrying them?
Well I'm religious and think that a marriage should be between a man and a woman in front of God. However I'm all for the "civil partnerships" where gay people can go to a registry office and then they would have all the same legal rights as married couples. You also said that you're not religious and can marry, it'd be impossible to introduce a system where if you're not religious you can't marry.