[Egmond Codfried]

In this light, I have serious misgivings about a constitutional amendment that would ban gay unions across the board, not because I support or even condone homosexuality but because I believe that marriage is essentially a religious institution whose definition should be left to religious communities.

The state should be limited to the role of executor, just as it does in the case of the bylaws of professional organizations or the terms of multinational contracts.

In other words, if a religious community (e.g., the Episcopalians) deems gay unions to be consistent with Christianity, the state should only act to curtail their religious freedom for a compelling state or public interest. Otherwise, the political value of religious freedom should trump the moral perspective of the state. The matter, in other words, is not one of morality but one of religious freedom in a pluralistic society.

http://www.thepoliticalmuslim.com/20...m-and-gay.html

http://www.mujahideenryder.net/2009/...hakim-jackson/