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Originally Posted by GGG
I have an honest question for you. Why does the word marriage matter? It is the same question I ask those who oppose gay marriage. If it is just a word why does it matter and why wouldn't something conferring all of the same rights be just as good.
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A word is just a word, but if the state is going to be in the business of managing marriages, different is not the same. For those that want to bring a tax argument in, how about the added cost of managing both civil unions and marriages? Or wait, would those seeking civil unions be forced to pay more?
Marriage may "just be a word", but different is also different.
At the end of the day though, we currently have the right to legally marry, so this conversation doesn't matter.
Interesting side note for some of you...the first Marriage Commissioner we contacted would not marry us because it was against her beliefs. No one is being forced to marry anyone they don't want to.