The Church State

You do not live in a secular state. People in the western world that believe they are living a secular state are kidding themselves, and only really see this as fact in comparison to Iran.

The truth is, the way the government is run, "secular" does not mean not connected to religion, rather it means the lowest common denominator of religion.

The state is run as a majority-rules religion. Take, for instance, the issue of religion. In the gay marriage debate, I proposed that a terminology change (ex. "civil union") would appease the churches of the nation as well as homosexuals. This is false.

To see why the idea would not work, one has to ask what a marriage is. A marriage is basically just an announcement to the government that the couple is indeed fucking. The idea of civil unions merely relabels the issue of "who is allowed to hump?". Previous to 1967, gays were not allowed to even hump. Since 1967, they have been allowed yet making it known in the form of marriage was not allowed.

So, who is allowed to hump? This question brings in a lot of factors: age, gender, number, and commitment. The government and churches both deal in such questions very seriously. In this it is foolish to say religion has no place in the state, and that the state does not reflect aspects of the church.

I'm not a advocate of the "slippery slope" argument that gay marriage leads to polygamy and pedophilia. Nor am I against gay marriage at all. I have no problem with it.

But it is interesting to see where we draw the line : why are gays viewed as a opressed minority while polygamists are viewed as breaking society and pedophiles as disgusting criminals? It is not because history has held these views as big truths. Our opinions are changing, as are our laws.

Mohammed would not be allowed to marry Aisha today, nor would he be allowed as many wives as he had. Back in the day everyone around him was probably cool with that. Hell, there are countries that are probably still cool with that.

So for all practical purposes the government is making rules as to who is allowed to screw. Churches will bitch and complain, as they should, as they are only criticizing the big church that runs the country.

If we were to make a state more secular, it would not be by changing terminologies, but taking a more hands-off approach. Why is the state involved with marriage at all? Marriage did not start as a state run institution. Why didn't we leave the meaningless marriage hullabuloo to the churches? Your tax-dollars at work.

The True Secular State

1. Scrap Marriage as far as the government is concerned
   Marriage is nothing more than contract about fucking. Why should the government care about what a bunch of consenting adults are doing? Let the churches marry whoever they want.


2. Bring in a binding contract in cases of procreation
   If a couple has a kid, they are the equivalent of married by default. Not in the sense that they owe each other anything, but that they both owe equal parts to the kid they just pumped out. Obligations of one of the two may be renounced or accepted with signatures by both partners.


3. Enforce laws about fucking that are already in place
   Laws against rape, exploitation, etc, will still make bogus marriages illegal. Nobody will be allowed to marry their dog due to other laws not directly related to marriage.

And you're done. Marriage becomes a census question we are barely concerned with. Things that do matter, like who the hell is going to pay for a child's wellbeing, is taken care automatically.

All the churches in the nation from that point on, will not only be practically silent but mostly unconcerned with matters of government. They will keep bickering with each other of what is immoral, as they should.

That would be a secular state.