In that case why not remove marriage entirely from the government's grasp and simply require civil unions. If you want a religious ceremony, AKA marriage, then you can go for that ceremony.
larry On 11/9/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which brings us back to the beginning. Civil unions should give gays > equal rights to marriage. > > I think they should have the same rights as a heterosexual couple has: > be called a family, call each other mom, dad, son or daughter. Share > the same family name. I just don't see why defining it as a marriage > is a right. > > > On 11/9/05, Ben Doom wrote: > > Well, for once, we agree. I think there needs to be an amendment > > protecting the rights of homosexuals to be married (or whatever). And > > this is what I'm arguing for. :-) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180699 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
