That's just the point. "Marriage" is available for het couples only, enacted either by secular or accredited religious authority. "Registered partnership" is available for same-gender couples, and is currently enacted only by the secular authority. Some churches, and individual clerics of others, are willing to "bless the union" of same-sex couples.
The marriage as enacted by secular authorities still is commonly known as "civil marriage", although the law and acts do not make this distinction any more.
I would personally have preferred your model. Same rules to everyone, separation of religious and legal institutions.
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The marriage as enacted by secular authorities still is commonly known as "civil marriage", although the law and acts do not make this distinction any more.
I would personally have preferred your model. Same rules to everyone, separation of religious and legal institutions.