Finally A Politician That Actually Said Something That Makes Sense!
Paterson: We Live in a Society of Civil Law; Separate Church and State
New York Governor David Paterson appeared on State of the Union with John King yesterday and talked about the recently introduced marriage equality bill, as well as his differences with Obama on the issue.
Said Paterson: "I think the President has acknowledged that there are several ways in which a civil union between same-sex couples does not accomplish the protections that marriage would...I think that people of religious beliefs, many, feel that the sacred relationship between a man and a woman is the only threshold for marriage, and I respect that point of view. However, we are living in a society of civil law. We separate church and state. And I don't understand why people who profess equal love to what those of us who are heterosexual are engaged in when we get married, why they aren't allowed to do the same thing. And that's why I introduced the bill."