If you are of the belief that the churches should NOT be allowed to dictate who can and can't get married, then this is the bill to pass. This bill would effectively eliminate marriage as a legal institution, and bind EVERYONE to the concept of civil union. People would still be able to marry in accordance with the mandates of their individual church. The only difference is that it would not impact their legal rights unless they also obtained a civil union through the government. That would open up individual churches to be able to marry whom ever they choose, and not be legally forced into the marriage of couples they believe would go against their religion. Also, it would free up the churches who WANT to marry same-sex couples to be able to do so. This is a bill that I think would be good for everyone involved, even though the religious right might not be too happy about losing their control over governmentally recognized unions, freedom would be maintained for EVERYONE.

Here is the link to the petition. Please check it out and sign it if this is in agreement with your own beliefs:
www.petitiononline.com/putnam...on.html