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read a great op-ed that basically said civil unions = marriage. the difference is civil unions are a touchdown for the gay community, but gay marriage is spiking the ball in the face of their perceived enemies. I agree with that. Lets just take marriage out of the government's hands and let them hand out civil unions to anyone who wishes to apply. Why wouldn't that work and make both sides happy?! Honestly
1) "Separate but equal" is inherently unequal. Creating a second class, by its very nature, brings with it a stigma. The stigma that those people aren't good enough to use our word. They need to get their own. This country settled that decades ago.
2) Civil unions aren't even remotely equal. There are literally hundreds of ways that civil unions aren't treated equally.
3) Truly-equal civil unions are still fought against by the social conservatives. They claim it's a slippery slope to same-sex marriage. Such an "offer" has never been genuine. (as if you should be able to offer or deny someone their rights)
4) I might buy this "government should stay out of marriage" nonsense if people had brought it up before it became obvious that same-sex marriage was going to happen. Where were you with this opinion a decade ago?