[John] Deep down I don't mind what people call it... [Arlo] I don't either. If a gay couple wants to use the term "married", I personally don't care, nor do I care if one wants to be called "husband", or both do, it makes no impact on me whatsoever.
I'm just speculating as to why many gays feel "civil union" may be patronizing. And to that end, I think as far as the state is concerned, it should drop the use of "married" for legal purposes altogether. What you want to call it yourself, is entirely up to you. What no one has ever been able to explain to me, if two men (or two women) are living together, sharing their lives, in love, supporting each other, living exactly as a "married" couple does, what exactly are we afraid that will happen if the "state" confers the same civil benefit to this couple as it does to a heterosexual couple? How does that hurt YOU? (Not you, John, "you" in the general sense). As an aside, Richard Lederer wrote an essay once on the lack of a good word to describe "partner", and the problems with the suggested terms. He landed on "convivant" (french for "person with whom you share your life"). Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
