Marriage is a religious institution between a man and a woman. A sexual relationship is assumed.
IMHO, any two adults, not already hitched to someone else, should be able to form a civil contract with equivalent legal privileges and responsibilities, and no sexual relationship should be assumed between them. (Right to privacy, and all that)
The legal rights and responsibilities should flow from the civil union, and the state recognizes a marriage as a de facto civil union.
A marriage should be performed by a priest (or equivalent.) Always. And a civil union should be performed by a judge (or equivalent.) It'd be the perfect example of "seperate but equal".
Maybe one day when I'm the King of the World, I can fix all this
IMHO, any two adults, not already hitched to someone else, should be able to form a civil contract with equivalent legal privileges and responsibilities, and no sexual relationship should be assumed between them. (Right to privacy, and all that)
The legal rights and responsibilities should flow from the civil union, and the state recognizes a marriage as a de facto civil union.
A marriage should be performed by a priest (or equivalent.) Always. And a civil union should be performed by a judge (or equivalent.) It'd be the perfect example of "seperate but equal".
Maybe one day when I'm the King of the World, I can fix all this