RE: MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE
June 27, 2015 at 10:05 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2015 at 10:08 pm by Lek.)
(June 27, 2015 at 9:39 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:(June 27, 2015 at 9:36 pm)Lek Wrote: I'm not talking "separate but equal". I'm talking about one civil union that applies to anyone who wishes to be recognized by the government and to receive the legal benefits of such.
We have that. It's called marriage. If it bothers Christians, you can call their marriage something else. 'Holy Matrimony,' as your cohort PiousPaladin suggested. It'll be even more exclusive. No Mormons, Muslims, Buddhists, or even us evil atheists don't qualify.
That's the problem. We don't already have that. Since this country began, the government has only recognized marriage as between a man and a woman. Now we're creating something else. Why do we have to redefine an institution that means so much to so many Americans in order to grant equal rights to everyone? Nobody has answered my question as to whether colleges should redefine sororities or fraternities to include members of both sexes or is it okay to leave it as it is where each enjoys equal status. If there are students who want to have mixed sex brotherhoods (or whatever) then allow them to create them and give them equal status. Why the need to force a change to an institution?
