[Grizabella]

People may choose to believe that marriage is more so about economics rather than love, but that is not why marriage was originally brought about. Can you truly argue that the biggest part of marriage, is about companionship? Whether someone chooses to enter that commitment they make when they are married because of money, or because of love, the outcome of marriage still remains the same - it is being bonded to another person, whether money is involved or not. You may be marrying for money, but at the same time you are still vowing to love and to cherish the person you are marrying. If not for love, marriage would not hold such an importance to a lot of people.

Yes, it is. You can argue until you're blue in the face, but there is no historian in the world who argues that marriage originated as a way to promote love. Modernly, you're right, love is probably the most important factor taken into consideration - but historically, love has only become important very recently - one or two centuries tops.

Then if marriage is not strictly a Christian sacrament, why the heck should homosexuals give a damn what Christians have to say about gay marriage? Why don't they simply carry on their merry way and ignore the Christians who don't agree with what they believe? Wouldn't that make more sense to you than this whole disagreement between Christians and homosexuals?

Because Christians insist on imposing their beliefs on them in a manner that restricts their rights. The reason homosexuals care what Christians say about gay marriage is that it is primarily Christians who are trying to deny them their rights. What would make sense to me is Christians getting off their high horses and leaving the secular world alone.

Yet Christian beliefs did have a large affect on how the sacrament of marriage is celebrated, you said so yourself, didn't you?

No, that's actually not what I said. Certain wedding ceremonies arose from Christian traditions, but there are other traditions that arose from other cultures. This is yet another example of Christians trying to hijack a very universal tradition. Marriage is not Christian. Marriage has never been exclusively Christian. The legal definition, the part that matters to the gay marriage debate, has nothing to do with Christianity.