Same sex marriages

This is one of the best ways I have seen, bar none, that was used to describe the huge "battle" over same sex marriage :

Douglas Laycock, of the University of Texas Law School, suggests a modification to the current joint administration of marriage by the state and religious groups.

"We can never resolve the debate over same-sex marriage until we separate legal marriage from religious marriage," he says in a conference paper. "The state should administer legal marriage, and its rules ... should be made through the political process. Religious organizations should administer religious marriages," making their own rules. The legal relationship "could be called 'civil union' for gays and straights
alike."

It's in clear simple language (which is rare for anyone involved in law) and it's cut down to the quick. Now, if only the solution were as simple.

I am all for gay marriages. A civil marriage is just that - CIVIL. Nothing to do with religion and nothing to do with God. I would stand up and count'em down with our own gay couples, except that our legal system is so backward, oral sex is still illegal.


Yeah, square that with modern day politics.