[Livia]

It's not just the Catholics... if they're going to force Christians to marry gay people, they have to force the Muslims, the Jews, the Hindus, the Sikhs etc. etc. etc. to marry them too. We're a multi-ethnic culture and you can't force one religious organisation to do something while you exempt another religious organisation.

I've said this before in another thread... I have no problem whatsoever with a gay couple marrying in a civil ceremony and having all the rights that heterosexual couples do. And if they are religious, have a blessing afterwards - like most divorced heterosexual couples do.