I've been an advocate of civil unions all along. When have I not been? Didn't I make a post about that just this week? In the end, I would like to see committed couples with the ability to pass on property, make medical decisions, not get cut arbitrarily out of custody issues, etc. If a state wants to do that with civil unions, great. If a state decides to do that through expanding the enfranchisement of marriage, fine.

I have no doubt that you can find a fringe wacko who wants to sue churches out of existence. This proves nothing. If fringe nut-jobs were representative of all, just think of how the G.O.P. would be perceived.