Solving the gay marriage issue

The easiest way to solve the gay/lesbian marriage issue is to get
governments out of the marriage business altogether.
In place of a marriage license, issue certificates to everyone and
anyone who wants a legal document for all the reasons straights, gays
and lesbians want a marriage license.
Then the issue of marriage is left up to the individuals and whatever
religion they belong to.
Let's face it. If marriage is a sacred union, how can anything the
government does be sacred?
How many people realize no one marries anyone except for the two people
who are getting married. Everyone else (including priests, justices of
the peace and tug boat captains) are just witnesses to the marriage.