Should States Get Out of the Marriage Business?

The World

The California Supreme Court stopped same sex couples from calling themselves married, even though they can have the same rights. But what if society decided that “marriage” is just a word? Conservative law professor Douglas Kmiec is proposing that government get out of the business of marriage altogether and allow gay and straights to have civil unions.

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