Reply #20: Well, Welshie ....... [View All]

[Stinky The Clown]

I'll take that up right here, on this issue:

Stinky the Clown is FOR complete equality in matters of partnership. Marriage for all or marriage for none.

Yes, there is nuance and a tiny bit of equivocation in that stance. And it is pragmatically political.

My honest, heartfelt stance is my personal belief: No committed couple shall be excluded from the right to marry and to gain all the rights and benefits of marriage. There shall be no difference based on any human trait. In short: I support gay marriage unequivocally.

Now to my political view: I do not think gay marriage can be passed in the US today. Therefore, I would like to see all official state sanctions of **all** marriages eliminated. The state would sanction only civil unions. Marriage would be a purely religious matter and completely separate and apart from civil unions with the state having NO say in who, how, where, by whom, to whom, with whom or what (religiously based) rights it confers. I hasten to add that this is not the end game. Rather, it is that step forward you speak about.