[NutCrackerBoy]

Though a great many conservatives disagree, civil unions strike me as the right balance between principle and tolerance. Marriage has a specific meaning: a union of a man and a woman. But the state shouldn't bar gays or anyone else from naming heirs or sharing property as they see fit. -Jonah Goldberg

I agree, but that isn't what most people mean by the term civil union. It should be called perhaps personal partnership contract: a formal agreement between two or more cohabiting persons spelling out what happens when one person dies or leaves the home.

[NutCrackerBoy]

In a healthier polity, the Massachusetts legislature and the U.S. Congress would explore impeachment proceedings against the judges who've exceeded their mandates while at the same time displaying the necessary courage to deal with these issues themselves. -Jonah Goldberg

I'm surprised Jonah came right out and said it. It is considered vulgar to utter the i-word in connection with lawless judges. Of course it is fair game at any time when said of the President of the other party.

[ricktex401]

Goldberg has embraced the slippery slope. By approving civil unions he in fact states that gay relationships are healthy and positive. Schools will continue to force this lifestyle on our kids as a wonderful relationship from which you cannot change. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am convinced words will no longer carry the day. The media, the academy, the politicians are no longer open to the conservative and family side of this argument. We need to march. We need several million to crowd the Mall in DC and tell our supposed representatives that we will not sit by and let this country be run down the drain by a small segment of amoral liberals. Its time to march