I made up a joke a while after the majority of Wisconsinite voters chose to codify bigotry in the state constitution...
Me: We should just outlaw marriage. All marriages. When folks want to get together from now on they can go to the courthouse and get a civil union license.
Other: Huh?
Me: If it were available in the county where my wife and I got married, I would have chosen a civil union license instead of a marriage license.
Other: Really, why?
Me: What's the difference? Religions can still do a ceremony in a church, it could still be legal to allow church officials to sign civil union certificates. The state can accommodate all religions equally that way.
Other: What about all the people who are already married?
Me: Yeah, all the married people, just commute their sentences from marriage to civil union.
About half the people actually get the punchline right away-- if you missed it go reread the last line. It's difficult joke to tell sometimes because you have to improvise based on responses. But it's my joke, and it's clever, so I'm publishing it.
In any case, someone is apparently actually proposing the idea as a compromise in California.
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