[calgaryrocks]

i voted no. marriage is a religious union, a civil union is a secular union. if two men or two women want to join in union, go for it, but i guess i don't see the point of it. if they are committed and plan on spending the rest of their lives together, sure. marriage is very symbolic, between a man and a women. but if two homosexual partners want to spend the rest of thier lives together, thats fine, whats wrong with just being common law or joining in civil union, aside from the church.
the trouble here for me is if we start changing the terms of the symbolic union of marriage, it opens up a can of worms and the symbolism loses its value. although divorce also lessens the value of it. so if homosexuals can get married, then what about marrying several wives? or marrying a dead person, or a ghost or an animal?