I also wonder how they polled to see who supports “civil unions”. I bet they ask “do you support the right for a homo to make decisions for his boyfriend in the hospital? for gays to inherit their partners property? in other words civil unions?”
Most people are humane enough to grant same Sex couples the right to see each other in hospitals and the right to make end of life choices—But its about the word marriage itself. Why does it always go down to defeat in election after election? Its not just Christian nut jobs doing it—it has wide support. Maybe this is a “bridge too far” for the Gay movement. Too much change too fast—slow up and maybe they will gain this—or coin a new term for it—Its almost a battle over semantics.