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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
I'm with Atticus's analysis of the nation's thoughts on this issue, though my personal beliefs may fall somewhere differently than his. I'm against calling it marriage, nothing more nothing less. I'm for the same rights and obligations but calling it civil union or, really, anything other than marriage.
Its sort of like this: people have relied on the idea of marriage being defined only between men and women for a long time. Why harm them or make them change their understanding of the definition? Why let others change it?
If others want to change the commonly-accepted meaning, let them find a new word to describe it.
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And phrases like "marriage of ideas"? Is that using the "commonly-accepted" meaning of a man-woman union? The word marriage is used for more than a man/woman union. I think the underlying point is that you do NOT see gay unions as being worthy of the same relationships that a man/woman may have. And that's fine, but the "let's not confuse the dictionary" thing is (with all due respect) a bit weak.
