Conflict makes many people feel uncomfortable and Wonks Anonymous feels a certain sympathy for these people. His sympathy does not, however, extend to the nonsensical non solutions that they frequently offer as a means to avoid conflict. For example in a letter - Marriage solution - in today's SF Comical Daniel G. Lester of Corte Madera wants the state to offer two types of marriage:

The marriage table needs to be turned 90 degrees. Instead of the focus on sexual orientation, there needs to be a minimal legal distinction between religious marriage (legal equivalent of domestic partnership) and fully state-sanctioned marriage (religious or not).

Wonks Anonymous presumes that the first type of marriage would not be open to same sex couples.

Daniel G. Lester really needs to get out more. The problem is not that gays cannot get religious sanctions for their marriages and the marriage rights movement is not about forcing churches to bless unions that they consider unholy. There are many congregations and whole denominations that accept and bless Gay Marriage.

Will these religious marriages, between people of the same sex, be recognized in Mr Lester's new law? Or will the state establish a restrictive list of "genuine" religious denominations and congregations that have to power to grant "religious" marriages?