Would gays accept?

Question

If gays were given all the same rights as married couples under the law but, It couldn't be called marriage. Say they called it Civil Union or something other than Marriage would that be acceptable?

Answer 1

Marriage is a religious title,

I for one came up with the same idea, a civil union which grants the rights and privileges of what we call marriage. Could be called Civil Marriage, or Civil Union, and religion could have Religious marriage.

Answer 2

I probably would have before the right wing nut cases decided to change over 30 state constitutions to say that they won't recognize any other legal situation that gives people the same rights as marriage.

I now will settle for nothing less that complete equality. If people like me can't have the government recognize our marriages then the government shouldn't recognize anybody's marriage.

I will accept civil unions if straight people only have civil unions as well. Let churches decide for themselves if they will support gay marriage or not. The government should be treating EVERY person equally and give EVERY citizen the same protection and rights under the law.

This isn't about gays getting married. Don't believe it when people claim that it is. This is about equal rights. Anything less than equality in this country isn't an acceptable option.

Answer 3

NO, NO, NO! No way in the world. I want to get married to the one I love.

Telling someone they cannot use the word "marriage" to give the way in which they are joined is unfair and not equal in rights. Yes marriage is a religion word used in joining people together. I am a Christian and want that right under the laws of my land, the right to marry who I love. Using the words "civil union" is like using "partner" not wife or husband, it's cold. You don't own that word "marriage" and I have the same rights to it as you do. "Separate but equal" didn't work before in schools and it will not work for this issue either.

Answer 4

Some would accept it, and some would not. What's the difference? What if we abandon the term marriage. Henceforth NOBODY gets married. You get either a straight civil union or a gay civil union. Do you buy that?

Answer 5

While I can't help but think that there would eventually be a way in which there would be a differentiation in rights, so long as there would ALWAYS be a linking of equal rights, it could be acceptable.

I really think that the most dangerous thing for marriage is for gay people to be prevented from marrying. As straight teenagers grow up with gay friends who fall in love and want to settle down but are not allowed to marry, the straight ones will see little reason to marry as well. Love mirrors love. Gay people want to marry because they want to mirror the institution that is set up to contain love. If they're shut out from it, even straight people will see marriage as irrelevant to love. Oddly, the marriage protection act could portend the further destabilization of marriage.

Answer 6

Here's something interesting, when you cook a stew or soup, and you leave it in the fridge over night, it tastes better the next day because the flavors "marry". Marriage can refer to a number of different instances, why do SOME heterosexual people think this word only has to do with them? I guess the flavors in my stew should only have a Civil Union, because some heterosexuals think marriage is this *special* word that can only be used in ONE F*CKING WAY.

Answer 7

Marriage is just a word. Why should it matter what it's called? If I were lesbian and I entered into a legal union with my partner, you'd better believe I'd tell people I was married.

Answer 8

It's about equal rights, equal protections, equal privledges, equal taxation, and equal recognition under the law. I don't care what you call it today. There is always tomorrow to deal with the name ramifications and symbology.

I find it ironic that churches will marry us, yet biblical references are used to justify the government's reasoning for disallowing the legal contract. wtf???

Dustin -- I'm with you in everyway until I think about the hospital, the kids, the stupid nuance that the attorney missed, not to mention the expense of the attorney.

Answer 9

The equal rights are the most important thing. But it IS being married. Calling it something else is just government justifying the pre-judging, and doesn't help a thing

Answer 10

Its not the same. And there are religions who accept gays, so why I ask, that we can't have a religious ceremony if a religion chooses to accept us. It is about equal rights not special arrangements or as Da Ben Dan said special rights.