GAY MARRIAGE

It seems such a silly debate. A war of semantics.

Here is what our new law school graduate proposes, and I agree:

Marriage is a peculiar institution where church and state still intersect. Thus the mess. I propose the state allow civil unions between any two consenting adults, with all the legal rights and privileges apertaining thereunto. Each church can define marriage according to the dictates of their own conscience, and perform, sanction, and recognize marriages according to their own rules.

Mormons already have something like this in place, with civil marriages recognized by the church as legitimate, but not eternal. Only marriages performed in Mormon temples are considered to be eternal.

I could elaborate, but that's it in a nutshell. A simple, graceful solution.

What do you think?