Reply #112: You can say what they do now, but law is written and crafted [View All]

[TheKentuckian]

there is no logical obstacle to writing law explicit enough to define a Civil Union with the exact rights and responsibilities as Marriage.

The smart move is to take the step you have and build on it. Ten or twenty years down the line no one will give it a second thought or you can elect to insist on the giant leap and still be in the same spot in twenty years.

You can win the minds of the people or pray to God that the conservatively stacked courts will fix things. Haggle with word and suffer the consequences or get strong Federal legislation that inherently affects taxes and any entity that gets Fed money like hospitals. The separate but equal line is pretty much bull. Assuming equal rights and responsibilities, harm cannot be demonstrated. This is not logically comparable to the situation with separate but equal education, where harms and equality was something that could be quantified. I'm near the impression that this is crossing over into the ethereal. The state can convey nothing more than rights and responsibilities, one that is the case you're on your own whatever you call your relationship.