Laws are created by humans. We are able to create laws based on convictions and our desire to change or better things. These convictions, for many many people come from some kind of religious faith. If religion were not "permitted" to inspire convictions strong enough to be put towards laws, then the only laws would be ones that come from secular ideas (i.e. I do what I want and there's no consequences. Anything other than that includes some kind of religious principle whether the writer of the law goes to a church or not!).

"If you base your political view on your religion, then your specific religious views become law,"
Oh, wow I never knew I was so powerful! So if I vote a certain way my religion is forced on everyone? Not in my experience..
My views do not become law. I simply vote or act the way I do because of my beliefs, all or most of which are founded in religion.

The belief that religious beliefs shouldnt influence our votes is absurd. Just as absurd as if I told an african american to forget his/her culture and vote only based on the politics of a candidate. Just as absurd as if I told a homosexual that he/she could only vote for things that specifically support their quest for rights and nothing else. It is asking a group of people to cut off part of themselves.

If the object that causes the religious to suffer legally or from lack of religious freedom it should be okay to discriminate and practise your religion but when it comes to a mother 6taking her child away from medical practice then that's somehow bad. She was practising her religion and yet you will scream just as loud that her religious beliefs hold no value. BUT the same doesn't apply when religion discriminates against homosexuals. It doesn't matter when religion teaches that homosexuals should be stoned to death.... that is your religion in the Bible but you don't even follow the bible except for the parts you want to follow.

If you wish to take the religion arguement anywhere then you need to first proove to everyone that your religious values work for everyone and not just one targeted group.

Someone somewhere was using taxation as an arguement and sorry but you pay your taxes and you enjoy the protections. I pay my taxes and get less protection. That is in-equality and that is why this is a civil rights issue and not a religious issue. But you guys will try anything to convince the unwary. Even to the point of lying and half-truths....

Religion that relies on deciept and fear to acheive its end, is not religion but pure human greed for control over other's lives often at the victims expense.

If you base your political view on your religion, then your specific religious views become law, therefore disenfranchising everyone of every other religious view or non-religious view. Our laws must be secular in nature in order to best protect us all.

Would waiting until someone gets into an automobile accident to get car insurance make you happy?

Would waiting until someone falls off the highwire balancing act before you install a safety net make you happy?

You want people to enter into the commitment, to be prepared and understand what is happening before the child enters the picture.

So far, none of your explanations, anecdotes or analogies has convinced me that the core meaning of marriage is procreation.

Oh I don't pretend that is an accomplishment. Ignorance is pretty easy to do.

I'm glad you got that far, but its not clear how that validates your point. Its still got a way to go.

If I were to rewrite that to be more accurate I'd say...

couples who [engage in the human mating practice which has] the possibility that they might procreate[, marry to ensure responsibility from all parties involved in case children are created].

Its written similarly for car insurance...

people who engage in the practice of driving cars have the possibility that they might get into car accidents. Car insurance ensures responsibility from all parties involved in case of an accident.

Excellent point. Think about that a bit more introspectively

She is not "invalid" just because a single person is not a marriage.

Do you view drivers with car insurance that have no accidents as valid?

Is the man+woman relationship not the one that you can expect procreation in?

Do you think homosexuality is a disability?

He has brought this out in me, and it’s not really my true character.

So says the abusive personalities in this world.

On Lawn kept up their badgering

If replying to your deliberate misquotes, endless off-topic accusations, and tirades are badgering, then you truly have no clue about how to treat people with respect.