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Posted By: Joann

Joshua,

I stand both corrected and informed. When I said that the gays would be better fighting for civil unions rather than marriage, I was assuming civil union laws would confer ALL legal benefits of marriage. My thinking was that it could be called something different to get the religious component out of it and thereby make it less controversial. I honestly believe that when the term "gay marriage" gets tossed around, people think they are being asked to accept it morally or even in a religious sense and that's what drives a lot of the opposition. I assumed that, legally, a civil union approach would be identical, including recognition across state lines.

Thank you,

Joann