Reply #89: I think all marriages should be considered "civil unions" under the eyes of the law. [View All]

[izzybeans]

same-sex, two sex, intersexed, whatever.

Secular heterosexual couples already opt for civil unions anyhow. The law should be that any civil servant who perform ceremonies can not deny the right of any consenting adult to enter into a union with another consenting adult. Religious officials who have the same powers to perform the ceremony can not be regulated and so have the power to choose who they want to marry (just as they already do). If they define marriage in narrow ways, then perhaps they suffer "market" consequences for their actions. Business can go elsewhere and it will.