Originally Posted by raymor

I'm not assigning anyone's definition to everyone. I simply pointed to out that people who talk.about the sanctity of marriage generally DO view it as a binding contract, so they would normally say you shouldn't get divorced without cause.

Again, I'm not taking sides (partly because ie's no fun to agree with the majority here), simply pointing out the mistake in JohnnyClip's post. People sanctity of marriage" may be wrong, but they are not inconsistent on this point.

It's actually the progressives who are inconsistent regarding gay marriage / divorce in the way he implied. The progressives disagree with themselves because they say marriage a civil contract, but then also say you can walk away whenever you want (divorce whenever you feel like it.) You're not allowed to ignore your contracts whenever it's convenient, so the progressives can't be right on both points. They could be right that it's a contract like any other, or they could be right that it's okay to break your vow at will, but they can't be right about both.