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Marriage has almost always been a religious affair, so why should the government, which supports the divide between church and state interfere?

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Many people have distanced themselves fro their religions/churches because of the old decisions that the government has set to be a new law in all of America

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The Supreme Court can focus on this case because equal rights for all should be an easy vote. However, marriage is a religious institution that should be solved by the various churches by which the couples want to be married. Why can't the Supreme Court focus on legislation concerning lobbyists, strikes, unions, and other political endeavors that will make the general public happy?

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The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause should have already applied to those looking for this kind of marriage. The US government, with it's many problems and items of business does not need to waste precious time creating legislation that should already exist.

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Marriage is about responsibility. It is up to the people entering into the arrangement whether they are ready for the challenges inevitably coming towards them.

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for many years the government has been in charge of marriage and who is allowed to marry who. I don't think that the government should be involved in people's personal lives. The government should only focus on things that actually matter.

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I do not think that the government should be allowed to tell people (especially when they have never met them before) who they can and can not marry

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people should be able to marry whoever they want to spend the rest of their lives with

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but recently, many new legislations have been passed to help those who wish to marry the same sex. So now churches are opening up to the idea of same sex marriages.

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marriage is an issue that should be within the churches. the head of any church, temple, or mosque should be able to determine if the people of their religion should be able to commit to a same sex relationship