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So it doesn't seem like there are many gay marriage opponents here, but here is a modest proposal that I'm sure has been put forward before.
How about making marriage a religious institution that is blessed by your church only, not by the govt. and confers no legal benefits. Then make a govt. institution called civil union that has all the legal benefits of marriage that is available to any two people who want those benefits.
This way when a couple wants to get married, they would go to the church and get married, then down to the courthouse to fill out a document for a civil union. Or it could happen in any order you wanted. That way the goverment is out of the business of deciding who's religion is right and churches can decide who they want to marry.
So what's wrong with that idea? (other than that it will never happen because of entrenched bureaucracies and idiolgies.)
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