Heaneyland!

If God wanted gay people to have spousal inheritance rights, he would have indicated that in writing somewhere

Dispiriting poll results in today's Times about gay marriage. Here's the bit that irritates me most:

Attitudes on the subject seem to be inextricably linked to how people view marriage itself. For a majority of Americans � 53 percent � marriage is largely a religious matter. Seventy-one percent of those people oppose gay marriage.

Perhaps those people need a little refresher on the whole concept of the separation of church and state? As far as the state should be concerned, marriage is not a religious institution. I mean, I didn't get married for religious reasons -- my wife and I are both atheists -- and the government didn't stop me. Grrrrrrr.

Posted by Francis at 01:37 PM