By the Power Vested in Us: Civil Unions for All-
The prospect of a "defense of marriage" amendment proves how urgently the state needs to sue the church for divorce. And there is one clear way to do it: Grant civil unions to all-including straights. If government must insist on offering special privileges to pledged pairs as a means of social engineering and sexual containment, let it provide them through a properly secular arrangement. Leave holy matrimony to the church, mosque, and synagogue. Folks can register at City Hall for legal recognition of their bond (and the tax benefits, inheritance rights, and all the rest that go with it). If they want their union blessed-or simply celebrated among family and friends in a secular bash-they have to go elsewhere.
State to Church: I Want a Divorce
State to Church: I Want a Divorce