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Originally Posted by Monkei
Part of being treated equally, would be calling a marriage a "marriage". It would not be equal to call it anything else.
Equality is the key word.
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Well if I have a daughter and a step-daughter they are equal, but called something different because the relationship is not the traditionally recognized one. Doesn't make them less equal - just different. This is the part I don't get. If a gay/lesbian marriage could be called a "civil union" they probably would have been granted equal rights in the past. Marriage is a traditional word not only in our county, but world wide meaning between a man and woman. Why does that need to be changed to give them equal rights??? The move to turn something so sacred to the majority of people is what causes the fight - not the idea of partners having equal rights.