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Originally posted by BlackRedGold25+Apr 8 2005, 04:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (BlackRedGold25 @ Apr 8 2005, 04:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Winsor_Pilates@Apr 8 2005, 11:15 PM
Marraige and civil unions are not equal. If they were we wouldn't need two titles and you wouldn't care of gays got married.
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How are they unequal?
If men and women are equal then why do we need the terms?
Or the terms black, white, asian, aboriginal etc? [/b][/quote]
A word is only as important as the reaction it gets. Most people don't feel discriminated or elite by being called a man or woman.
The distinction of Marraige and Civil Union is clearly there to distinguish 1 group who has the right to the title of Marraige from another group that doesn't.
Gay people want the term marraige for the same reason you don't want them to have it. The term eliminates any difference between a stright marraige or gay, thus equality.
You see giving them that word as a defeat to your beliefs, and they see it as a victory for them in gaining equality.Therefore the word is important because of the power it holds through the reaction it gets.