Is it true that a civil union does not confer the same legal rights as a marriage in the Untied States? It seems that in the Gay and Lesbian area, when I asked why they wanted marriage, it was not anything to do with church recognition, but rather having the same rights as legally recognised marriages.
For instance, not being recognised as family or a spouse in the event of an emergency in a hospital room, etc. Having a child taken away from the second non-biological parent should the biological parent die, etc...
I'm sure they would not worry about obtaining 'the definition of marriage', if a 'civil union' actually conferred all of these rights upon them. Do you think this would allow both sides of this issue to protect what is really important to them?
2007-02-05
18:56:10
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