No Golden Carriage

Huntsman Says Redefining Marriage 'is Impossible': VIDEO

Impossible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage. Impossible for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage. And four white mice will never be four white hourses. Such fol-de-rol and fiddle dee dee of courses. Impossible! But the world is full of zanies and fools who don't believe in sensible rules and won't believe what sensible people say and because these daft and dewey eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes impossible things are happening every day!

Posted by: Jere | Jun 22, 2011 11:23:34 AM

Marriage is a civil institution already and has been for a long time. What churches do isn't marriage. It's a wedding.

Posted by: Steve | Jun 22, 2011 12:16:29 PM

GAAAA! The smug stupidity of these self-righteous zealots is infuriating. They fail to understand either the progression of changes of any relationship over time (including marriage) OR to understand that the one word covers secular/legal/contractual marriage, personal commitment marriage & their precious sacred "Holy Marriage". Religion needs to be removed from the discussion of marriage as a CIVIL RIGHT. "Subordinate" - not a chance.

Posted by: Rob | Jun 22, 2011 12:53:29 PM

Ok, already he's distinguishing himself as not quite as pro-gay as he seemed on the surface. Marriage equality is not "redefining marriage," but if he thinks it is and says it's "impossible," then he is denying the existence of several US states and all of Canada. I imagine as the Republican primary season continues, and he receives more pressure from the right and keeps using words like "subordinate" to describe gay couples, his moderation on social issues will only be great relative to other Republican candidates.

@Yanz: Getting government out of marriage, as you suggest, is not a solution. It's not a battle over "the word"; it's a battle over equality. For most straight couples--even non-religious ones--giving up the word "marriage" is a non-starter. And there is no reason why gay couples should demand less than straight couples. Churches need to get out of civil marriage (the only kind of marriage with legal rights attached) because it is not their business who marries any more than it is our business to tell them which marriages they must sanction in a religious ceremony.

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