I am becoming increasingly disgusted that a religious practice is being codified into law across this nation: the idea of defining marriage as being between one man and one woman.

Those who support this overwhelmingly point to the Bible for justification. Our Constitution makes it clear that church and state need to be separate and that a legislature must not make religious practice law. The government must treat any joining between people as a business and a matter of civil, not religious, practice.

If a church chooses to add its blessing and define a marriage by its beliefs it has that right. I am angry another religion is defining what I as an ordained minister can call a marriage.

Letting people vote on this is against democracy, as it will always end up with a minority in the losing seat. Giving equal rights to nonwhites took "activist courts."

So shall this.

Any church that is tax-free but interferes in the politics of this issue needs the IRS to investigate its tax-free shelter.

JAMES R. HUNT

Concord