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[desh]

Can anyone offer a compelling argument as to why same-sex marriage should be legal everywhere in the US? Specifically, why that would be superior, in the long run, to "marriage" being removed as a legal term for everyone, and replaced by civil unions for any two un-unioned consenting adults (of whatever sex/gender)? Because I definitely prefer the latter, but I'm not sure if there are good reasons I haven't thought of as to why same-sex marriage is actually better.

(Leaving aside the question of multiple partners for now, since it raises a different set of issues...)

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[sleepsong.livejournal.com]

I'm all for calling any legally binding contract of that sort a "civil union" or "civil partnership," and then only calling it a "marriage" if it's consecrated by a religious house of worthip.

Hell, I'm happy with it being "butt buddies," so long as everybody has the same rights.