Illegal Smile
Well-Known Member
I don't understand why gays want to settle for the word marriage. I mean, that's a 10,000 year old heterosexual word that has always meant a union between a man and a woman. Now, it seems to me that gays are intent upon demonstrating their independence and individuality. They don't want to be thought of as an odd variation on the dominant lifestyle, they want to be respected for their own. So why don't they want to have their own word for their own same sex union, instead of just using marriage as if they weren't creative enough to think of anything else? They don't call one partner a woman and one a man do they? Why use the heterosexual word for the union itself?
If same sex unions had their own name, how much of the controversy would disappear over night? Polls sort of answer that question for us. A significant number of people are OK with civil unions that provide 100% equal rights, but not OK with calling it marriage. That number is more than enough to swing state or federal legislation establishing same sex unions. It looks to me like the goal is right there for the taking and only a clinging to a term you wouldn't think gays would want is holding it back.
If same sex unions had their own name, how much of the controversy would disappear over night? Polls sort of answer that question for us. A significant number of people are OK with civil unions that provide 100% equal rights, but not OK with calling it marriage. That number is more than enough to swing state or federal legislation establishing same sex unions. It looks to me like the goal is right there for the taking and only a clinging to a term you wouldn't think gays would want is holding it back.
