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@7PTCG38DemocratCommentsStarted 1yr agoActive 7mos ago

Ok, here's the thing

I believe strongly that people have a natural disposition as to whether they are attracted to people of the opposite sex or people of the same sex. And regardless if a person is heterosexual or homosexual, they should be entitled to unite and spend their lives with the partner that they love. But it's undeniable that in the Bible, marriage is a sacrament that is defined as being between a man and a woman. So my question is...why are gay couples not happy with the categorization of being in a civil union ? You are still under governmental recognition of being united to another person.

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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia  commented…1yr1Y

They want equal treatment, in many ways, it’s being viewed as a second class citizen, so instead, either all legal marriages are civil unions, or we have two definitions of marriage. (Legal and religious).

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  disagreed…10mos10MO

They don't want equality, they want license, they want to force everyone to celebrate their depravity. Marriage is between a man and a woman, as defined in the Bible.

  @Renaldo-MoonGreen  from Pennsylvania  disagreed…7mos7MO

Expert Gay Marriage

“they want to force everyone to celebrate their depravity”

And you want everyone to believe your extremist views

 @9V3F5VQ from Florida  commented…8mos8MO

Because a civil union does not bring the same social, financial, and medical benefits as marriage. E.g. a civil union does not automatically endow your partner with next-of-kin rights in case of incapacitation, disability, or death. A civil union between a biological parent and non-biological parent does not automatically defer custody of children to the non-biological parent if the biological parent dies. And a civil union does not allow surviving partners of soldiers and veterans to receive military benefits.

Legal marriage is not the same as religious marriage. "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's."

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