Thread: Schwarzenegger terminates attack on traditional marriage for a second time
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Old 09-21-2007, 03:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by garysher View Post

Pro-family leaders in California want to pass a constitutional marriage amendment. One coalition, under the umbrella name of VoteYesMarriage.com, wants to ban "gay marriage" and also same-sex domestic partnerships, which already are legal and grant couples the state legal benefits of marriage. Technically, domestic partnerships could continue, but not in their current form and only if they served as a registry and didn't grant marriage's legal benefits.
If I understand this part correctly, gay couples already have a legal, civil ceremony which gives all the same rights as marriage. So what they are trying to do is change the age old definition of 'marriage'. What does this do except to antagonise.

At the same time this 'pro-family' group are sticking their noses into a legal arrangement and domestic situation which is, to be frank, none of their business. All this does is promote intolerance and hatred.

Why the hell don't both sides just back off. Life's too short.
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