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Originally Posted by dzdst796
OK. I think the stressing about what to call it "Marriage or Civil Union" is ridiculous. As long as it is a union that is considered valid and that the benefits can be shared between both people, regardless of gender that is the important factor in all of this.
Heterosexuals should not be offended by it being called a "Marriage" and homosexuals need to be glad that they will be able to reap the benefits of their union being legal.
And lets not start the conversation about "God" and how He feels about it. God feels a certain way about everything and we as people don't heed to it so this issue shouldn't be held to a higher standard than anything else.
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Its "ridiculous" only if you have no benchmarks. If your standards for marriage mean a "husband and wife", then what its call is meaningful. The problem with secular humanism is its absence of standands and moral equivalency which leads to a watering down and lack of respect for ideals that require man to rise to a higher level rather than sinking to the lowest common denominator which you advocate with your "who cares" position. That attitude and its subsequent lifestyle choices are the root of many of the pathologies which ails our communities and is the basis for our apathetic and apologetic stance on sources of behavior which destroys families.