Why don't Christians want to enter "christian unions" and cede control over the word "marriage" to the state as a legal construct?
Alternatively, why does the state not abandon the idea of "marriage" altogether and only recognize domestic partnership?
The problem with "civil union" is not the core idea of it, which is sound, but that it is fruit from a poisonous tree. The construct exists for the purpose of discrimination. It doesn't make sense without the desire to discriminate. "Civil Union" exists explicitly to mean "marriage, but lesser."
Alternatively, why does the state not abandon the idea of "marriage" altogether and only recognize domestic partnership?
The problem with "civil union" is not the core idea of it, which is sound, but that it is fruit from a poisonous tree. The construct exists for the purpose of discrimination. It doesn't make sense without the desire to discriminate. "Civil Union" exists explicitly to mean "marriage, but lesser."