Science > Religion

When you boil marriage down to it's essence, it is nothing more than a legal contract between 2 individual humans and their state government. I can acknowledge that most choose some sort of religious based ceremony to enact this contract. However, this signing ceremony is not legally required to contain any sort of religious content.

Since, the 1st amendment of the United States has the separation of church and state clause in it, how can governments not allow anyone to enter into this legal contract without being discriminatory? How do those of religious beliefs think they can use their religious beliefs as a legal reason to oppose gay marriages?

Time and time again I see Christians use the 10 commandments as their answer or reasons to claim that non-Christians do not have morals. Yet, at the same time they also say that also say that most of the Old Testament doesn't apply now that there is the New Testament and Jesus. Where can I find the instructions for telling me what I should follow from the Old Testament and what I shouldn't follow?

I have seen in a lot of answers to genesis questions that god's days were longer than a normal day. I have read the bible a few times and no where is there a passage stating, "back in genesis a day was equal to 1000+ years (or whatever the common conclusion is) and as of now a day is going to mean a 24 hour period."

http://www.nobeliefs.com/nazis.htm?

About halfway down that page is a picture of ranking Nazi officials and a member of the Vatican, who would later become Pope Pious XII, signing a document legitimizing the Nazi government.