While marriage is an institution that the Bible clearly speaks of, civil unions isn't. Since we can count fewer people as believers with each passing year, and since more of these same people are wanting to live in ungodly relationships and be given some kind of legal recognition, can we as believers, support, or at least not openly oppose, a practical measure designed to address this unfortunate change in demographics. IOW, while staunchly opposing marriage between same gendered people, how about another status so long as it's never to be considered a marriage?