[OpusatFR]

"Kerry, who supports civil unions but opposes the legalization of same-sex marriage, took pains to say, ``I believe in the church'' and ``care about it enormously'' but said church leaders went too far."

Somebody out there a whole lot smarter than I, had better jump on the English parsing between ~civil union~ and ~marriage~ or else the idiots are going to legalize Civil Unions between homosexuals and say it isn't a marriage.

HELP....!!

The left is is ising again..

[Aetius]

You are absolutely right. Legally recognized gay-unions differ from marriage in name only. If you grant the legal rights, benefits, responsibilities, obligations, status, etc of marriage onto same-sex unions then you have gay marriage, you're just not using the word marriage. That's why Vermont already has gay marriage. That's why politicians who claim to oppose gay marriage, but support recognizing whatever euphemism is used (civil union, domestic partnership) are phony. Part of me thought the radical gay/left lobby would be happy with this deception, but I should have known better. They are past the point of tolerance and even acceptance. Now they demand the celebration of their lifestyle. Thats why they insist on having the word 'marriage', because it has symbolic value and as such its a way to loudly announce that they are going to shove their unnatural lifestyle down the throats of every person in the country.

It is the institution of marriage that must be protected. It is the concept, the social construct of marriage that must be preserved.