Originally Posted by magictoy

Marriage has been historically been defined as the union of a man and a woman, both from a religious and a legal standpoint. However, gays that garner the most press are unwilling to accept any legal arrangement, even one equivalent to marriage, that is not called marriage. To me, that indicates a lack of tolerance for others, and beyond that, a desire to rub the entire situation in the faces of those who don't agree with them. A compromise that gives the gay faction every legal right it wants, without calling it marriage, is acceptable to me, and every gay or straight I know, but not to the gays who make the most noise.