"Peter Gottlieb" writes:

"Matthew P. Cummings" wrote in message
I mean, it's like getting married and continuing to sleep with other
women, I mean why even bother getting married if you're not going to abide
by the covenant?


You are defining marriage by a religiously determined set of rules.

And rules specific to one religion, and not even all branches of that
(remember the Mormons).

Different marriages, under different or possibly no religion, may have
different customs. Same applies to non marriage related behaviors.

Each individual's belief system should be a private matter. When "church"
officials begin to interpret then demand compliance and the government
supports this is when things get messy.

Yep.
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