Civil unions would be fine

Re “Gay bishop ‘a walking, talking Rorschach,’ ” April 20

Bishop V. Gene Robinson brings up an interesting take on marriage in the United States when he says that, “in this country, it has become very confusing about where the civil action begins and ends and where the religious action begins and ends, because we have asked clergy to be agents of the state.”

Why don’t we simplify the problem by having the government license civil unions to allow any two consenting adults to share their lives, property, insurance and anything else we now attach to the word “marriage”?

We would all have civil unions under state and federal law. Any couple that wanted a religious ceremony could seek out a church and clergy and receive a marriage certificate according to their religious faith.

Emily Pomeroy

Apple Valley