SCOTUS poll

[PeterB]

davester wrote:
[quote=PeterB]
I voted "Allow the state to marry who they will and allow churches to marry who they will" only because whether or not a church recognizes a marriage is up to that church, and immaterial to whether or not the marriage is recognized by the state. Churches can make up whatever (silly) rules they like, including excommunicating parishioners for marriage outside the church, etc. That should have no bearing on what is recognized by the state.

I didn't vote for that one because churches are already able to do whatever the hell they want and the cases before the court have no bearing on that right. The only thing before the court is the concept of marriage as a legal contract that is associated with certain privileges and obligations as recognized by and enforced by the government. The churches have nothing to do with that and so should STFU.
Agreed, but the likelihood of that happening is almost zero. The Founding Fathers clearly intended for there to be a separation of church and state, yet the Justices don't always follow the Constitution in that regard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_...troversies