The ideal is that government recognizes and enforces contracts.
Marriage is a social construct and in some cases a religious ceremony, and also a contract. I'd prefer the government ignore all aspects except the contract.
Since that is not the situation, I think that the government should extend the same to all citizens. There is a significant faction of our citizens who fall in love with members of the same sex. The government should be neutral on that fact. Since it is not, it should at least recognize same sex marriages on an equal level to hetero marriages.
I would prefer that government got completely out of the marriage game.
Marriage is a social construct and in some cases a religious ceremony, and also a contract. I'd prefer the government ignore all aspects except the contract.
Since that is not the situation, I think that the government should extend the same to all citizens. There is a significant faction of our citizens who fall in love with members of the same sex. The government should be neutral on that fact. Since it is not, it should at least recognize same sex marriages on an equal level to hetero marriages.
I would prefer that government got completely out of the marriage game.