First of all, why should homosexuals have "domestic partnerships" and not three men? Three women? Two women and a man? etcetc. Or a brother and sister? Aunt and nephew? Why should same sex sexual practices be rewarded and other sexual affinities (such as a threesome) not be? Why should platonic relationships not be so rewarded?
There are NO RIGHTS that everyone else has that homosexuals do not already have.
What do you mean, "hide who they are"? Are you talking about gay bath houses and gay pride parades here, or are you talking about "out" homosexuals being teachers and joining the military? Write in clear English, please, not slogans that are designed to heighten emotion but have no meaning.
Additionally, your comment "hide who they are" is a talking point of gay rights activists. It means that their sex acts ARE their identity. Sex acts are chosen and voluntary. If you mean their feelings, we all have zillions of feelings. Are people supposed to be grouped in identity brackets because of their "feelings"? Or because of their chosen sex acts? What about bestialophiles not hiding who they are? What about incestophiles not hiding who they are? What about pedophiles not hiding who they are? What about polyamoryphiles not hiding who they are?
"First of all, why should homosexuals have "domestic partnerships" and not three men? Three women? Two women and a man? etcetc. Or a brother and sister? Aunt and nephew? Why should same sex sexual practices be rewarded and other sexual affinities (such as a threesome) not be? Why should platonic relationships not be so rewarded?"
Are you talking about governmnet rewards? Why would we reward those -there is no reason to. I have brown hair and live with a red head - there is no reason for the goverment to reward us. But if we choose to form a household we have that right. Now as it happens we are male/female married couple so that was just an example.
BTW, I always get criticism when I talk strategy without emotion - its a flaw of mine that comes up over and over.
If we could stick to keeping marriage as defined as one man and one woman while emphasizing equal rights but no extra rights we would be talking about something that is achievable.
I know people feel emotional about this and I really don't. I'm really only interested in strategy and fairness but I'll try in the future to be sensitive to those feelings.