OK. Fine. But the gov't should use the same language for everyone, then. As in, "I went before the judge to get a civil union with my girlfriend".
If the term "marriage" has any legal standing, then it should be applied across-the-board. Also, if a "marriage" is a religious- or culturally-based moniker, then there is absolutely nothing stopping any church or other non-government organization from performing marriages. --BenD Scott Stewart wrote: > Why? (not trying to stir up a shitstorm). > Isn't "marriage" a church function? > Shouldn't the government only recognize the union of a man and a woman, man > and man, woman and woman. And leave church sanctioning out of it? > > I'm all for gay couples having the same rights as hetero couples, but I > don't think that the word "marriage" should stand in the way of that. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
