Anyone suggesting that my marriage can be destroyed by anything man made is kind of dopey. I do not care what the world, country, state, or county recognizes my marriage as. I only care that my wife recognizes it and that GOD recognizes it. When I face GOD he is not going to care about the stupid things that man recognized. I believe that if you were married and divorced GOD is going to question you on that. If your answer is it is a “state issue, not yours’” you might not appreciate that he does not agree with you. Question: Have you ever been divorced and re-married?
Weird ramblings, that are irrelevant, I don’t care about you and your wife, and your own personal marriage, but you keep sharing with me anyway.
Activists know that they could have civil unions pretty easily, what they want is the word “marriage”, so as to destroy it.
You want to destroy “marriage” as well, making government civil unions (which would merely replace marriage) the norm, and allowing “marriage” to fade into obscurity as it becomes a little religious ceremony for some, in their individual churches, something for personal consumption only, but not applicable to society at large.
You legalize homosexual marriage and polygamy either way in your proposal.