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Old 08-31-2007
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Re: First gay couple legally married in Iowa

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Originally Posted by Traveler View Post
But its mot just religion or tradition, see sure you could married but its the state that gives the benefits and privellages associated with it, so no matter what it has the right to regulate it to some extent and this is just one of the ways.
It just seems like government should stay out of those matters. If it is the privileges associated with it then why should the government be in the business of discriminating when deciding who hands them out. Personally I think marriage should be be a personal thing separate from government and it should only hand out civil unions to everybody in order to avoid that sort of thing.
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