Two law professors have issued a call to re-examine the role the government plays in marriage. They believe that “the best way out of the intractable legal wars over gay marriage is to take marriage out of the hands of the government altogether", according to Michael Lindenberger's article.

An interesting idea == Keep the term "marriage" as a church term rather than a governmental term. The result of this will be that anybody could be recognized by the government as a family in a "civil union". If they want to make the term that defines their family into the word marriage, all they have to do is go to a church and get married. This takes it out of the hands of the government and keeps it biblical for those for whom this is important.

This proposal makes tremendous sense because it given everyone equal rights to be a family under the law -- and it keeps the "marriage" label on for those for whom this is an important aspect of their religious beliefs.

Everybody should be equal, regardless of their race, gender, religious, or sexual preference. This includes the making of a family, whether it be marriage or otherwise. Everybody should have the right to have a family and be happy. Some people may have the incorrect assumption that gay people don’t make good parents, but I beg to differ.

I happen to have 2 moms and they are extremely good parents. Everybody in my family, my brother, my sister and I each have a good life with my 2 moms. That’s something that should be available to everyone.

Yet for those for whom insist that "marriage" is a term with a biblical definition as the union of a male and a female, they can add this label as part of a religious ceremony, like a bar mitzvah or a first communion. These ceremonies should take place in a church and not be required by the government. This makes it fair and equal for all types of families to come together legally in a "civil union". Why did it take so long for someone to come up with this ingenious idea? It would have saved a lot of grief over Prop 8........

Josh -- high school senior

Last Friday afternoon Google took a public stand on California's Proposition 8.

We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.

I'm taking that stand with them, how about you?