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Originally Posted by AGDee
Isn't that what it is now? It feels to me that you are just arguing semantics. You're saying "lets stop calling it marriage and call it a civil union instead" because everything you're saying that it should be IS what is right now.
So, a man will get down on one knee, present an engagement ring and say "Will you enter a civil union with me?" And, what is the verb then? "We are civil unioned?" "We invite you to celebrate the civil union of ... "
Sounds like the difference between rush and recruitment and pledge or new member to me. They are one and the same. It's just terminology that nobody is going to adopt. "I will never get unioned again" LOL
ETA: I was writing while Drole was, apparently. We are on the same page, Drole!
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Actually I'm not arguing semantics because to do that would mean I disagree with you. I am agreeing which is why I am injecting semantics.
Go back to my first post on the subject and why I said the government needs to recognize it for what it is instead of trying to say marriage here and civil union there.
And yes you can say isn't that what it is already. If it was this would not be an issue in the first place.
And if a man wants to get down on one knee and say let's Do a Civil Union, that's his perogative if he wants to use those choice words. Whatever he says, if he wants it recognized by the government he needs to realize it is a civil union only, and as long as the government is trying to play favorites by injecting some moral authority to it, then marriage will always be treated different than what it really is per the government of the United States.