Reply #43: Marriage, marriage, marriage. [View All]

[Chovexani]

Civil unions have proven time and again to be woefully inadequate with regards to ensuring gay and lesbian couples have the same protections under the law as their heterosexual counterparts, in almost every area. Those inadequate measures are even limited to the state in which the civil union was performed, because they are not portable. Nor do they confer any of the hundreds of federal rights and protections afforded to heterosexual married couples.

Separate but equal is not equal, period. For the heterosexuals who keep espousing civil unions, I would ask you: would you be willing to give up your own marriage and settle for second-class status?