Morgana Wrote:Many people I know (gay and straight) are in favor of abolishing legal marriage as a concept, transferring all the rights currently reserved for it to civil unions, and allowing all couples, gay or straight, to get civil unions, and get married in or out of churches if they wish. I would love for this idea to be implemented, but with our current sound byte political culture, I seriously doubt it would fly. (OMG THEY KILL MARRIAGE!!1) It makes the most sense though, because it separates in the public consciousness what has always been separate in the United States, the legal contract two people sign when they get married, and the social event and construct and morals behind marriage.Well... if you put these kind of arrangements being generically called civil unions (as recognized by the government), it would make things a whole lot easier lol. I'd approve of this.
If there was some gripe to this, I would say that a man and woman can still get married in a church and in the eyes of the church still be considered marriage. It's just having the government see things a bit differently to cater to all.