Hydrotoxin: It's called "domestic partnership". And it deserves the same rights that weddings bring. If it isn't done by a priest or rabbi, but by the state then religion has no right to dictate against it.

Judeo-Christian religions may find homosexuals to be abominations, but they aren't the state, and they can't prohibit an act not done by a priest. They cannot hold the same economic roles right now BTW. Many schools don't allow homosexuals to teach, and that's just one of many professions. And as Odlov said: Laws dictate social acceptance. African-Americans weren't treated anywhere near equal until after laws where passed for their equality, not before, not during, after. So it's about time we get this social train rolling with laws SO THAT it can be acceptable globally within our life time.