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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
My feeling also. Since opposite-sex-unions and same-sex-unions ARE different...I can't see any reasonable person of any persuasion arguing that point...why do they have to be called the same thing. A civil union (if that is what it is called) could have the exact same rights as a marriage if that's what the powers-that-be deem appropriate. But why be forced to give two different institutions identical rights? That's the one aspect of this issue I'll never understand.
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
Oh wow...do we start calling all human beings "men"? Or do we call all human beings "women"? Obviously gender equality cannot be achieved until we decide on this crucial question.
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I don't agree with your point, Polar Bear, that same-sex unions and opposite-sex unions are different. A couple loves each other. They get married. They establish a household, adopt or bear children, plan for the future, invest, work, retire, etc. What is different?
And what does calling human beings all men or women have to do with anything at all? Gender equality has been fought for for decades. Men and women are supposed to have the same rights. I just don't understand what this has to do with same-sex marriage.