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No conservative should fall for the civil-union-as-a-concession-for-marriage trap. Civil unions, domestic partnerships, etc. are just a form of “marriage” by another name, and WILL be used as a wedge to gain the appellation of Marriage by the homo-leftists. Someone on this site once put it very succinctly: Why do we want to encourage bad, destructive behavior at all?

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I might add that many states, including my own State of Texas and most recently Florida, have included in their Constitutions language that explicitly forbids marriage-mimmicking arrangements for other than natural man-woman relationships for good reason. These states saw the logical conclusion of allowing homo-degenerates a place at the table of civilized institutions.