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Originally posted by AXiD670
What about civil unions? Would you be opposed to that? It extends the legal rights to gay couples w/o involving religion, so I don't see how that could be offensive.
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IIRC, Germany only recognizes civil unions. You must be joined in union by a judge and if you want to have a separate, religious ceremony later, you may, but a Preist/Pastor/Rabbi/whathaveyou would have no legal authority to declare a union as they do here. I wouldn't mind if it were implemented in the states, but then you get the argument of "separate but equal" and we all saw how well that worked in the 1900s. I even think that's what Clinton was aiming towards when he signed the Defense of Marriage act.
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