To the Editor:
The sweeping support on Nov. 2 for amendments to state constitutions defining marriage as between a man and a woman should come as no surprise. After all, marriage is largely a religious institution and the United States is largely a religious country, and most major religions view same-sex marriage as at least inappropriate and probably sinful.
The proponents of same-sex marriage make the mistake of treating marriage as primarily a legal issue instead of a religious one. In a logical world, any government that aims for separation of church and state would concern itself solely with defining civil unions and the legal benefits that accompany them, and leave it entirely up to the religions to define "marriage" in any way they see fit. Perhaps proponents of same-sex marriage would be more successful if they worked diligently toward that end.
Richard Yoder
New York, Nov. 3, 2004
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