blackaeronaut Wrote:IMHO, give them civil unions and leave it at that. Ain't hurting anyone that way, now, is it?
The problem with civil unions is stated right in the article;
Quote:Democrats who controlled the Legislature in 2009 changed the law so that same-sex couples could sign up for domestic partnership registries with county clerks to secure some – but not all – of the rights afforded married couples.
Part of the problem is that many rules are written referencing marriage, hospital visitation rights are a good example, many of the hospitals have rules written up on how to handle married people, but since civil unions are not marriage they don't fall under those rules. Now just think of all the places where this applies and how much people would have to fight for equal rights... if you don't want to call it marriage then make all such relationship, including those between man and woman into civil unions, and say all rules written to apply to marriage apply to civil unions now instead. Yes that is a lot of hoops to jump through to just change a name, but if it make the nutcases happy...
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."