I always said its none of the State's Biz. If people want a legal document denoting who gets what in case of death or breakup of the partnership, they can seek such with a lawyer.
Then if one wants to be married via their Church AND have the legalities of survivorship etc. they go to their Church for the religious aspect and the lawyers for the legal aspect.
That way it get the dang Government out of the religious side of it altogether.
Bingo.
Then if one wants to be married via their Church AND have the legalities of survivorship etc. they go to their Church for the religious aspect and the lawyers for the legal aspect.
Double Bingo.
The proper way to settle this entire thing is to remove the State as a player. That way homosexuals can go the Our Brother Of Gerbils and Rumprangers "Church" and have any sort of ceremony they like.
Normal people can go the the Church of their choice and have any sort of a ceremony they like.
The State gets NO money from either one, and has no say in who is 'married' to whom.
Of course the State would not have any power to mandate any sort of 'benefit' whatsoever, a power which it will not give up easily.
L