Replies to 'Gay Marriage Debate'

There is a big problem here because everyone is saying yes or no but nobody is defining marriage. Counties, states, countries all have definitions, plus there are civil and religious marriages, plus there are long term committed relationships that don’t have to even come close to any of those definitions. A religious institution can deny marriage to anyone for any reason they want presumably because it doesn’t benefit their group or goal. So by that what does a government have to gain by making all sorts of marriage legal? There are already laws to protect property, minor custody and all that and maybe they should be making existing laws better of have them applied more consistently? Maybe insurance laws and medical coverage and social security benefits should be improved anyway regardless of who is applying for them?