... churches practice/perform undesired rituals that go against their beliefs, and it changes the meaning of the valued ritual of marriage. Freedom of religion was a founding principle of our country and is guaranteed by the constitution. There is a direct conflict between the majority who are religious ... a man and a woman, and the minority who want same sex marriage. The issue can not be debated in a vacuum, ignoring freedom of religion. Marriage between a man and a woman leads to birth of children, yet in a homosexual marriage no children can naturally be born to replenish the ... woma...

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