[philip.j.fry]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

The law will merely provide recognition by the state government. Individuals, churches, employers, and organizations can choose whether to recognize them or not.

I can agree with you on the individuals and the churches, they can and should be allowed to hold their own opinion. Organisations (sorry, I'm stuck in the world of z's at the monent ), is a bit of a loose term because it can be applied to so many things, i.e. churches and companies are organisations but very different, so can't say for them. But I disagree with you on employers. It is largely for the reason of benefits etc, which predominately come from employers, that people are arguing for same-sex unions/marriages to be legal. If an employer offers a benefit to a heterosexual couple, then that benefit should be available to homosexual couples.