Solving this whole Civil Union issue thing

A few weeks back, Mrs Duck and I watched the political forum on the Logo Network. It was the Democratic contenders, though all the Republicans were invited to attend, though all declined. Though, not a surprise, the LGBT base is not exactly one Republicans running for President do not feel all warm and fuzzy about. The forum was not a debate, since each candidate appeared all on there own with some interviewers and the questions were not exactly hard hitting, but at least the candidates got the chance to express there views on homosexual issues. Pretty uneventful actually, except for Governor Richardson saying homosexuality was a choice. Egads man! If there is one accepted answer that would be used to avoid answering that questions is that you are unsure whether it is a choice or a part of your chemical makeup that you can't control. But, never ever say its a choice out right! Shockingly, his spin team put out a statement 2 hours later saying the Governor was confused.

But, as we watched this debate and watched many of the candidates, especially the front runners, sort of hem and haw about the idea of gay marriage or civil unions or someplace in between, I came up with my own brillant solution.

the word Marriage itself has religious connotations, making it difficult for people to turn around on as giving Marriage rights to a couple that is not a man and a woman. Heck, to me the word marriage is a derivative of the word matrimony, which is a sacrament in the Christian religion. So, lets take marriage out of anything that has to do with civil government. Its not a marriage license, its a civil union license. Its not a marriage tax, its a civil union tax.

Now, I am not saying take marriage out of the entire vernacular, just take it out of anything governmental. If you get wed by someone who is tied even in some loose, Church of Elvis type way, to a religious order, they can call it marriage. So a priest, rabbi, shamen, guy who you met over the internet perform a wedding ceremony and can say, you are married in the eyes of God, the form you sign as a legal document is a civil union license. I mean, how many laws on the books are there that say you have to confirmed by the time you are 15, that you have to know yiddish by the time you are 13 or even have to have your pee pee snipped of some of its skin when you are a child? Yet, the stigma or feelings of religious organizations still have a power in a law of a love between 2 people? Interesting, isn't it?

And, you can say you are still married. When you go to a diner, you order a coke, when you want a brown caffeine soda, yet the waitress knows what you mean, even if they only serve Pepsi. So, say you are married all you want. Just sign a form from the state saying your husband is Jack or Katie or whatever, that says civil union license.

What else can I solve?