[Ibby]

Nope, JB. You just aren't paying attention to the entirety of what I said.
I said that the government has no business in a religious rite like marriage, and therefore this whole debate would go away if the government would recognize only legal contracts between individuals.

edit: plus, i'm not homosexual, asshole.

hq:
the problem with that is the sheer volume of things that the government recognizes as rights afforded to married couples, that any lawyer's contract can't afford you. Like filing joint taxes, or other tax deductions, or certain domestic violence protections, or important custody norms and rights, or... the list goes on. On top of that, no private institution, like hospitals or schools or insurers, would be legally compelled to recognize a private 3rd-party contract, and could deny those contracted couples the same things they offer to all married couples.