Nope." Saying that it is some holy sacrament unique to a single religious group is extremely uninformed." Just another unfounded attribution. The concept of marriage is totally religious, adopted by governments, just recently "redefined".

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"From what I can find, marriage originated as just a community-based concept such that the community would recognize a union between two people with no sort of religious connotations"...........Your cite?, LOL

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Here ya go buddy -"With the increasing power of the Catholic Church, religion was able to influence marriage. For a marriage to be considered as legal, a priest’s blessing was required. Around the 8th century, marriage was treated as a sacrament by the church, and that the ceremony is required for the couple to receive God’s grace. By the year 1563, a canon law was written to show marriage’s sacramental nature.". .One can find most anything to bolster their POV..........Only since 1563 has cannon law prevailed. LOL, and adopted in every protestant church, and recognized by every government, even King James....You have the last word(s), as I am done now, thank you.

That is just not true. There has never been one definition of marriage throughout the history of the world. Marriage has been a constantly changing thing. In the ancient world, many different types of marriages were preformed. Polygamy, both polygyny and polyandry, secular marriages, monogamous marriages, and yes, homosexual marriages have all been common throughout human history. One group having claim to what marriage is in a secular society like the USA defeats the purpose of having the secularism.

Besides, I don't know what the whole problem of "redefining" is. Words change meaning throughout time. That is language.

Actually, marriage as a religious doctrine is a very modern concept. Many cultures throughout history had marriages that had nothing to do with religion, or even love. The ancient Celtic definition is probably one of the most well known non-religious marriage contracts. Most of these were political events to band together tribes or families. Also polygamy was completely legal. But, this was still marriage.