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# Same-sex marriage
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2003619same-sex-marriage-html/
- Published: 2003-06-19T15:27:06.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:43:51.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Uncategorized, #DashHouseCom, #wp

I’m not a raving fundy or anything, but I find myself less excited about the [same-sex marriage decision](http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/americas/view/42558/1/.html?ref=dashhouse.com) than some of my fellow bloggers. On the one hand, the issue is largely symbolic, and I can’t get too worked up about it. We do live in a pluralistic culture, and this decision was probably inevitable. On the other hand, I tend to agree with Michael Coren that in this decision, [the genuine meaning of marriage is lost](http://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id=2CA92979-BDB6-4D83-8170-BFCD51C4E26A&ref=dashhouse.com). It was only a couple of hundred years ago that the government took over the marriage business from churches. I would have preferred a decision to give the whole marriage thing back to churches and other faith-based groups and set up some sort of civil registry for all manner of partnerships. Nevertheless, as I said, the issue is largely symbolic, and may be a good opportunity to really come to grips with the fact that we don’t live in a Christian nation, and never really did.