Reply #22: I would tend to agree but have to admit that I am hung up on the term. [View All]

[FM Arouet666]

I have offered the same logic as you posted in the past and had my thread shot down with a great deal of hostility. Civil unions give gays and lesbians equal rights but still sets them apart. Is it a good start, perhaps. But I am still not comfortable with the idea of civil unions for gays and lesbians. "Marriage is sacred" is what Obama stated about his stance on the issue. If you tell someone that they cannot participate in something because it is sacred. Are you not telling them they are a lesser person?

I realize that your post was meant to be pragmatic and I don't necessarily disagree, but as I try to understand the issue more from the side of someone who is gay in this society the more I am inclined to agree with gay marriage.