How can those that think that civil unions should be enough for same sex couples realize that civil unions are?

[erwin]

inadequate, and that it is kind of "in bad faith" to create such things as civil unions for the sole purpose of blocking same-sex couples from getting married.

"Civil marriage automatically confers hundreds of rights and responsibilities on couples, and provides critical protections for their families. While gay and lesbian families can protect themselves in limited ways by constructing wills, health care proxies and co-parent adoptions, alone or in addition to domestic partnerships or civil unions, this does not come close to emulating the automatic protections and peace of mind that only marriage can give. People simply cannot contract their way into changing hundreds of laws that affect survivorship rights, worker’s compensation dependency protection or the tax system.

Beyond specific legal protections, marriage confers the intangible benefit of recognition as a family. The word itself is an important protection. Marriage is arguably this nation’s most important civic institution; excluding same-sex couples from marriage marks them and their children as unworthy— and that can’t be remedied with piecemeal legal arrangements.

Religious institutions are not required to perform marriages, though a growing number of faith communities welcome same-sex couples, and there are clergy members who are happy to perform same-sex weddings."

[iden]

Civil unions aren't inadequate. It gives f**g**s like you the same rights any anyone else. You can visit your "partner" in the hospital and make medical decisions for him. Its all you will get. Marriage is between a MAN and a WOMAN. That means no gays allowed. DOMA is the law of the land. Obama (hasn't) won't change it and neither will President Romney. Too bad you lose.

*Edit*
Quote: DOMA will be struck down by the Supreme Court.

You have been saying this on Y!A for more than a year. If your who I THINK you are then its far more than a year. I'm still waiting for DOMA to be overturned. Guess what? There is not even a case on the courts docket challenging it.

[devdutta58]

It's really all about adoption isn't it.

[vohkinne]

Oh get off the subject already, your gay we get that.

obama gave you 10 minutes for your vote.

Now let it go he forgot about you and he is onto something else.

Gays are find, it's the psycho ones that I have a problem with.

[chiram97]

I agree. I feel the pain of gays, as I've been wanting to legally marry my six other wives for the longest.

[artek57]

As an atheist conservative this "marriage" issue is not of great importance to me.
If you want to consider your same-sex union a "marriage", so be it.

But you can not force that segment of society that views marriage as between
one woman and one man to approve or condone your particular definition of marriage.

Not long ago on the FBI's most wanted list was a polygamist, wanted for among
other things, marrying more than one woman.(and marrying "under age girls")
Why can't "under age girls" marry?
HOW DARE SOCIETY impose its moralistic values?!

See where I'm going with this??

If any and all unions are allowed the sanctity of carrying the label 'marriage'
then marriage has lost all meaning.

[tupac]

That is what it is civil union. Your filth has nothing to do with marriage. Go to your site devil and say all your filth you want without being told the truth.

[eilis]

nothing short of marriage is satisfactory