re: #294 soxfan4life

Why not leave it at a civil union then.

Because civil union doesn’t automatically grant all the legal rights that the legal institution of marriage does.

It’s not about forcing religions to recognise gay marriage. They won’t have to.

It’s about extending a form of legal contract that is available to heterosexual partners (and recognised in every state, for heterosexuals— like the right to visit your spouse in hospital) — to same-sex partners.

That’s why civil union isn’t sufficient.