MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE

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I keep stating over and over that I believe equal rights should be given to all.  That's why I suggested a legal civil union which applies to all Americans, straight or gay, who enter into that contract.  Marriage would be a private matter.  In that way, government would not be redefining an institution that is so important to so many citizens, yet it would confer equal status and benefits under the law to all who qualify.  What is so terrible about that?  Marriage came about long before any government was involved.

What's so terrible?

Why does your religion get to claim ownership over a concept that predates it, simply because it means a lot to them?

For that matter, why do the feelings of religious bigots on your side override the feelings of gay people who want to get married? You don't think it's important to them? It's probably more so: they've had to fight for it, they have some sense of its value.

There's this unspoken assumption, all throughout what you're saying, that your status quo means more than the desires of anyone else here. That's what's so terrible: it's just another extension of the unearned privilege that the religious enjoy every day.