Yep, it's gay marriage time

Maryland State Senate candidate Jamie Raskin was asked by a Republican senator in a judicial hearing whether prohibiting gay marriage was required by "God's law". His response was succint and right on the mark. "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You didn't place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible". He goes into more detail about his stance on his website.

The biggest problem with prohibiting gay marriage is that the arguments for doing so are a clear violation of separation of church and state. It comes down to people saying that homosexuality goes against the Bible or against "natural law". I'm sorry, that's not good enough. It's good enough for a church. It is not good enough for our government as it enshrines the views of one religion regardless of the rights of those who are not believers.

In the interest of equal rights, our government should be obligated to provide the legal rights of marriage to homosexual couples. From a civil perspective we have no right to discriminate against these people. Now the religious aspect of marriage is a different story. Churches have the right to marry or not marry these couples according to the church's beliefs. That's freedom of religion.

This controversy is really that simple. Each church can make its own choice, but for the government to make the choice is injecting religion into the government.