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Originally Posted by DoubleF
For me personally, I've always wondered why a "same sex marriage" couldn't just find a different term to use and reclaim as their own. I have no problems giving them all the rights and consequences that go with marriage.
If a different term is used, wouldn't it shut up lots of people on both sides? Especially the ones that won't stop about how marriage is a religious concept, yet neglect the idea that marriage popped up in cultures around the planet. Some of them "pagan" (Hate that word, literally means idiot in ancient times IIRC), and some of them not really considered religion at all (Asia). I've also curiously asked whether a same sex couple would be satisfied if they were granted common law marriages (somewhat similar to regular marriages? and also done with hetero couples) with essentially the same benefits of marriage, but I was yelled at and called a homophobe. I've never been happy with that interaction, so never bothered to learn more about why same sex couples wanted "marriage" so badly. I wouldn't mind an answer to this question to be honest... still curious... I haven't heard a logical reason for it, just sorta felt the person I spoke to just wanted it to say they have it too and not for the legal reasons I had heard other talk about it.
For me, I've never really been against it, but I guess the whole marriage debate thing drove me up the wall. Why argue with religious people about the definition of the word, when you can just create a new word and idea similar to it?
I say yes to same sex marriages (But if we could use a term not marriage, that would be even better) because I've heard of the stories of the life long partners who literally could not visit a sick and dying lover because either the family would not allow them and/or they weren't "family" by legal terms. No one should have to go through being denied seeing someone they love very much for the last time.
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You mean Cival Unions? Yeah, that didn't really fly.
Gay people want to be equal, that's what it boils down to. Creating a different isn't equal, religious people and groups don't have a monopoly on the word marriage, it really is that simple.