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"In May, 80 percent of liberals favored gay civil unions, if not full-blown marriage"

Of course they do. Full-up marriage involves not just emotional commitment, but the willingness to share 50% of your belongings. Divorce and alimony come along with marriage, and in most states that means property division too.

In other words, responsibility and consequences.

I don't think the liberals or the GLBTQ community really wants to codify responsibility and consequence into their relationships- this will be left to us breeders while the gays change partners by filing a form with the company they work for, or at most at city hall.

Let's say Steve, 38, marries Glenn, 26. Steve has a house and car, collection of stamps and a nice stereo with 400 CDs. Glenn has a car and apartment and a student loan he is still paying off. So if we actually let them marry, if and when they divorce, Steve will lose half his house and stamps and they will fight in court over the CDs and other stuff, and whether Steve will help pay off Glenn's loans. A rude awakening to the fact that marriage is a contract with the terms set by a third party.

I think they will "settle" for "gay unions" that will give the "rights" but not the responsibility.