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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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[conana.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know; I was very pleased when that came through. I probably should have picked some other state, and devoted a separate sentence to pointing out that NY's policy makes MA marriage distinctly different from VT civil union. (I presume MA would recognize a VT same-sex marriage; I haven't actually heard how VT treats MA marriages.)