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[Zythryn]

Which definition?
If the term 'marraige' was first used to describe a Catholic sacrament, then we have changed the definition to include many people not included in the original definition. Should we perhaps tell all the Lutherans, Methodists, Athiests, etc that they are not married?
And as mentioned, the chuch performed homesexual marriages as far back as the 1100s.

As I have mentioned before, the US never should have called civil unions marriage. That would have eliminated this whole mess.
Marriage should not involve any government provided rights such as property sharing, treatment under tax laws, survivorship, etc.
The government should license 'Civil Unions' which do provide the above rights under the law.
Churches can marry who they want and can refuse anyone for any reason. Civil Unions would be protected under discrimination laws and could not be denied based on race or sexual orientation.
Marriage grants NO rights, however everyone married in a church can get a civil union liscense (which we do already, it is just called a marriage liscense).