You are totally deceived. The Bible says, "Every man did what was right in his own eyes." Know when that was? JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD when God wiped out the depraved human race except Noah and his family. .......... Oh? that's right. You don't accept the precepts of the Bible. YOU KNOW MORE THAN GOD.
Let us now praise Barack Obama. The president has finally come out and said what everyone -- except maybe himself -- knew he believed all along: He's for allowing homosexual couples to marry. That's nice. Now he can tick off another item on the list of must-dos for an orthodox liberal/progressive/libertarian.
It would be even nicer if he would just give it a rest, though of course he won't. It's a presidential election year and there's fund-raising to do -- especially in Hollywood.
But let us be thankful for any moment of clarity in politics even if it's only a moment....
If your intended was your sister(or your brother),you could not be married.
As for it being "legit",that translates to "legal",and the gov't decides what is legal,with the peoples consent.
Only to authoritarians. If a govt bureacrat told me I could not marry my wife, I would have married her anyway. I do not need the govt's, society's or your blessing for my marriage to be legit.
since society delegates power to it's government,it rightfully becomes government's concern and area of authority.
However if people who have different beliefs, I should not Force my belief on them and neither should the government.
Marriage exists outside of govt and the govt should not interfere in any way.