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Civil unions also just sound a little too "separate but equal" to me. Despite not really having a dog in this race (I have one gay couple that I'm friends with, and the one I know best is glad there's no marriage here because otherwise her partner would want to and she doesn't) I just can't be happy with civil unions. It's better than nothing, I suppose, but it's not good enough.

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Yeah you're right. What I was getting at is that they should be equal, regardless of the name. I was thinking more along the lines of what rms said his comment on here, where he thinks there shouldn't even be marriage but just be civil unions for all. I don't really care what that thing is called, marriage or civil union or some other term, as long as it's the same for gay and straight couples.

Yeah. I know people who would look at civil unions and say, "Well, at least they can't get MARRIED." It allows for discrimination, regardless of how equal the idea might be.

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