This is moreso for the US than here, even before it was legal, but the minute the government got into the marriage business, giving tax and other benefits to couples, it no longer was purely a religious thing. I think the two kinds should be separated.
One thing that baffles me in the US is how gay people cannot visit their bf/gf/partner when they are in hospital because they aren't technically family...it's those kinds of things that should change.
For the US, I agree they should try to take smaller steps for acceptance, but there are too many activists who want the whole enchilada and they want it now.
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