"all the critical civil rights"

As far as marriage goes, Obama said, he believes it should be up to the individual denominations whether they want to allow gay marriage. "But all the critical civil rights that are conferred by our government - those should be there."

It's what I've been saying for years. Decouple "marriage" from civil law; let the churches have their "sacred rites" and let the state do the civil rights.

No wonder he's so high up on my "Ideal Candidate" match.

Dennis said he would fight for gay marriage, so he's still my guy, but... Obama is looking better.