Not rip it out, redefine it. And that would come from a Congressional Bill to change "marriage licenses" to "civil union registrations." And pretty much leave them as they already are - a sworn affadavit by two people to be treated as a limited corporation for specific purposes by the government.
Because whether you realize it or not, that's what a government "marriage license" already is, and already does - ONLY.
And that's why I object to it being called "marriage," because it's not anything of the kind right now, without changing anything at all. So what I'm really arguing for is truth in advertising.
I think these are stubborn people trying to redefine marriage — and hateful too — and they will fight anything that prevents their being able to have the word ‘marriage’.
That fight will be no different than the fight to preserve the word as it now is....man/woman.