Oh and what a prize.

Sorry. Didn’t mean to offend.

Nope. I have no comments on religious/cultural appropriation.
The sign says marriage. Not Christian marriage or Muslim marriage or Jewish marriage. It says marriage.
And the perspective you’re representing is the same perspective that makes people feel like they have the right to deny other people marriage strictly in the legal sense.
If everyone is allowed to take a donut and I choose to lick the frosting off mine it still has no impact on your donut that you choose to eat in what you consider the proper way.

Black and white, a marriage between two people that aren’t in some way related to you doesn’t involve you. The notion that the marriage of two individuals unrelated to you is somehow ruining something of yours (ie your cake/doughnut) suggests that YOU (hypothetical you) are someone more important or meaningful than THEM. It’s their cake, and if they want to lick all the icing off it, it’s their prerogative, but that doesn’t ruin your cake by proxy.
No, it’s really not like licking someone else’s food. Because you said it yourself, marriage is present in many religions. No one religion can claim the right to lord over all marriage. Might be different if we were talking about rituals specific to one religion. But marriage is not specific and it has legal ramifications.

Marriage can be associated with religion (and often is) but in the US (and I suspect many other countries) it is also a legal contract.
That’s where it gets sticky, because it’s fair to say ‘ this religious organization doesn’t approve of that marriage so you can’t do that here.’ But, where legal issues regarding property, beneficiary, health insurance and taxes are concerned, this is not a religious issue. Therefore the marriage contract is not a religious issue.

Just make sure you plan well enough that when you expand the list you’ll have proper sources to cite.

Hmmmm. I wonder why the would exclude that topic?

It is smash mouth.

That’s good to know. I was pretty angry at them.

I don’t write lowercase Qs, just mini capital Qs. But the ones I have the most trouble with or not Bs and Ds, but Bs and Ps. I even mix them up typing.

Okay, but why are you trying to deny all these things. Some of those I would let ride. You don’t need to think about how to deny you sharkiness.

Or make them think it’s a small celebration, like a small dinner, but then invite the whole world. But only if the person likes parties.

Amazon tags reviews with “verified purchase” if it’s something they know you bought.

They aren’t in the same province. I guess Shanghai is closer than Beijing or Hong Kong, but it’s not that close.

Good work. That’s a long hard road.