Some Christians approve of civil partnerships as a way of providing the benefits and privileges of marriage to couples that are not legally eligible to marry.
Some Christians approve of civil partnerships as an intermediary step toward marriage equality.
Some Christians disapprove of civil partnerships as a form of segregation or apartheid in which minorities are forced to make do with "separate by equal" second-class citizenship.
Some Christians disapprove of civil partnerships as a way of incrementally and irreversibly eroding the prohibition of same-sex marriage.
Some Christians disapprove of the existence of homosexuals and any recognition of their relationships both of which they say are an abomination.
