So you see it as all or nothing. I can respect that. I was thinking more of wining one battle at a time. I don't think letting gays use the term marriage will change culture, not yet at least. It's as if you want to use the law to force cultural to accept them, only time will.
On 9/9/05, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: > Use of a separate term (civil union or otherwise) makes it much easier > for those on the anti-side to ensure that things are not equal as long > as they possibly can... Sure, you can choose to accept the alternate > term and fight for the term to be treated equally, but it will take a > LOT longer to accomplish that way because once an alternate term is > accepted then everyone has an immediate weapon (word) to use against > civil-union holders in any case where a marriage would afford them > those rights. Hence the same result as "separate but equal". It's an > uphill battle either way. As long as we're going uphill, how about we > chose a hill with a few less obstructions? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173665 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
