Gay Marriage

With the most recent court ruling striking down prohibitions to gay marriage, I felt the topic needed to be revisited. My opinion on the matter has not changed. Marriage is a religious institution, a vow between man and woman before God.  Homosexuality is forbidden by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths; therefore gay marriage is forbidden by these religions.  I'm not sure how it is viewed in other religions, but all of this is irrelevant for the current argument on gay marriage.  As a religious institution there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for the government to be involved in marriage. The government should not be performing, taxing, licensing, prohibiting, rewarding, approving, or in any other way regulating or involving itself in marriage. It is not a function of government.  This is akin to feudal times when all marriages had to be approved by the king.  We overthrew he king precisely to gain the sort of religious and tax freedom from government that we now are currently arguing for to some extent or another. It is unconstitutional for the government to recognize gay marriage. It is unconstitutional for the government to prohibit gay marriage. It is a gross abuse of power for the government to be involved at all in marriage.