I've never been a person to just drop something if I have a question about it. If I'm not sure of the definition of a word, I'll look it up. If I don't know the answer to a question, I'll research it. I didn't feel completely informed about this whole marriage ban thing, so I dug a little deeper. What I didn't realize was that, in the case of California, although same-sex marriages are now banned, same-sex civil unions are still legal. For many this may be an issue of semantics, but the distinction between the two lies at the center of the issue for me. In my opinion a civil union should be the partnership between any two people in the eyes of the government. And by any, I do mean adult people. So rather than receiving a marriage certificate, I think that couples (gay, straight and transgendered) should all receive a document proving their civil union. And marriage should be the word reserved for the religious ceremony/commitment. In that way, the government recognize couples in a non-discriminatory way, while religious institutions can be discriminate, preserving the freedom of religion. As it stands, a civil union is perceived as an inferior offering from the government to non-heterosexual couples.
This should be the last (for now) on this topic. I just felt it was important to acknowledge that I didn't have as much information as I should have before going off yesterday. Because obviously, there was more for me to prattle on about, given the additional facts :-)
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