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Old 05-05-2008, 09:52 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Well, in the U.S. marriage is a state issue, not a federal one.

There is already one state that allows gay marriage, and four others that grants civil unions or domestic partnerships.

The way this will make its way to the federal level is that these states laws stipulate that civil unions and domestic partnerships MUST be given all the rights and responsibilities of marriage. However, there are many instances of it not being that way in reality. So, it's going to end up being a federal Supreme Court case because the civil union is a separate and unequal version of marriage.

But, it will have to make its way through a few more states before that happens.
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Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage."