Ake, I've asked this several times on this thread, and neither you, nor any of your cadre have even attempted to answer it, obviously because you don't have an answer. So I will ask it again, because it is at the very core of the matter.

My wife Barbara and I have been married for over thirty years. Over these years, we have been acquainted with four same-sex couples, three gay and one lesbian, who have been married in mainstream churches that are willing to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. These same-sex couples include two prominent attorneys, a free-lance writer, a couple of medical technicians, and a state legislator. One is the current president of his local church council, and it, too, is a mainstream church.

How does the fact that they have been married in religious ceremonies have any affect whatsoever on Barbara's and my marriage?

We see no effect at all. Society at large sees no effect at all.

The only people whom it seems to affect are a small minority of people, such as yourself. Why? It really is none of your business. So--why?

Don Firth