And there you have it. The power of the state trumps all. The road we are on.
/facepalm.
Voters were asked, at the polls. They answered. The end.
No. If he doesn't receive the required number under RNC rules, then nothing has been decided. Why/when we got on this idea that Trump receiving less than the required number mandates he is the people's choice, I'll never know. It's blatantly wrong.
@fuzz. At what point did the state become involved in marriage at all? It hasn't always been this way. Maybe that's the problem.
Religion and state have been entangled re: marriage for centuries, maybe millennia. Marriage as a state institution, interwoven with the church, has been around for our country's entire history. Marriage was important in common law in early America because women had no rights to things like property outside of their husbands. As this country and common law evolved, it retained importance because so many legal things are still tied to it, like succession, inheritance, medical insurance, etc... Would it be better if the state ceased any involvement whatsoever? Maybe, but it's hard to imagine that future when so much would have to change. Basically, you'd call it something else and it would have the same effect. Also, it just reeks of taking your ball and going home, which is just petty.