Marriage should be the purview of the churches that performs such ceremonies...I could not have gotten married in the Catholic Church I was married in if I did not agree to certain religious regulations (you can be assured that a man-woman marriage is #1 on that list)
the state only needs to be concerned with contracts between people...let the state give out civil unions.
let the various churches give out marriages.(all marriages to be called civil unions by the govt...)
For what purpose? They have admitted that civil unions are a rung in the ladder to "marriage". they can already make wills and use power of attorney to speak for one another. What purpose would a civil union serve? None....except it's one more step down the slippery slope.