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I'm one of those who pisses off supporters of "traditional" marriage and SSM at the same time. I'm for both and have been since the early 90's. If the religious folk want a separate meaning assigned to their traditional marriage, but are willing to recognize secular unions as being essentially the same thing as traditional marriage and that those entered into it are granted the same "rights", well we could be done with this debate. IMO those opposed to recognizing unions between SS couples are just resisting the inevitable.
bolded: the same could be said of the supporters of SSM. if they would accept a secular union as being essentially the same thing as a traditional marriage and that those entered into it are granted the same rights, we could be done with this debate. but they won't because they continue to claim that "separate but equal" is not good enough.
i have suggested many times on this forum that the govt issue 'civil union' licenses to consenting adults wishing to get 'married' and then if a couple wants a 'traditional' marriage then they can find a church to recognize their civil union as a "marriage"