ous places insist on keeping a ban on homosexual marriage outside of their walls as well. Dogmatic religious leaders think that their
             reasoning is perfect and fail-safe, yet it is easily countered in an advanced country such as the United States.
             However, this argument is based only upon religious beliefs, which are illogical and purely emotional. In the United States, every person is granted the right of freedom of religion, and church and state are meant to be separated. American legislation cannot rule against homosexual marriage on religious grounds, lest society must fear the reinstallation of mandatory prayer in school, and perhaps even another Crusade, to protect the rights of heterosexuals to live in a world where homosexuality is hidden, and to convert others to follow them. In short, a return of the government to religion would cause further conflict both internally and externally in the United States. The intolerance preached by religions of the world cannot be allowed in the government; it would destroy the essence of the Bill of Rights. ÒReligious interference in law making is not permitted todayÓ (Eskridge 56). Even if it was, the Catholic religion recognizes homosexuals as a portion of their group. Commonweal, a Conservative Catholic publication, declares Ò...it [marriage] should tutor us in respect for the given nature of homosexuality and the dignity of homosexual personsÓ (Commonweal 154). The argument of religion against homosexual marriage has no place with the morals and law of America.
             In addition to religion, the syntax of the legal definition of marriage is called into play to counter the notion of homosexual marriage. According to Bob BarrÕs legal research, the actual d
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