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What a lot of the debates on gay "marriage" miss is this ...
Marriage is a religious contract that has also been given civil status. (for a modern example ... consider the necessity for observant catholics to pursue an anullment in addition to the civil divorce, or jews to obtain a get.)
As a religious contract is is defined and established as a union between a man and a woman.
I happen to agree on this one with Blue58 (hi blue) ... find some other word(s) to describe it, but it's not "marriage."
Civil Union fine ... and I'm also cool with the notion of civil union being open to heterosexual couples as well. I'm not objecting to a formalizing of the relationship, just to the use of the term.
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