Karshkovia wrote:First off, this isn't a rant for or against gay marriage but a possible solution that could be acceptable to all sides of the issue.
Queue stupid compromise that tries to keep marriage a religious concept, which it isn't.
My thought is that Instead of issuing marriage licenses, the Government would be limited to issuing 'civil union licenses' instead for any couple, gay or straight with the same rights currently associated with marriage licenses. If a couple wishes to be married, they could find a church which then would perform a marriage ceremony over the couple and sanctify it by whatever religious belief that couple chose. This way, churches that refuse to marry gay couples wouldn't need to, and those churches that welcomed gay couples would be allowed to marry them.
Called it.
In the Government's eyes, all people...all couples...would be equal via civil unions. The large religious sects wouldn't be able to force their views/beliefs on the entire populous. "Marriage" would probably still be used by the general public to talk about these unions regardless if a marriage ceremony was performed by a church or not....and being married in a church wouldn't do anything more than provide a ceremony for the couple...as it is now.
Missing the Point
TM. Marriage is not, and never has been, the property of the Church. I say this as a Christian. And de jure equality is not, and never has been, de facto equality. Your suggestion makes marriage a two tier hierarchy between Married couples, and civil union couples.
Again, a win-win for all sides.
No, it's not. At all.