But CA does have Domestic Partnerships, on the same level as civil unions:
Wikipedia:
" A California domestic partnership is available to same-sex couples and to certain opposite-sex couples in which at least one party is at least 62 years of age. When it became law on 22 September 1999, the domestic partnership registry entitled partners to very few privileges such as hospital visitation rights. The legislature has since expanded the scope of California domestic partnerships to afford many of the rights and responsibilities common to marriage. As such, it is now difficult to distinguish California domestic partnerships from civil unions offered in a handful of other states."
So the gay marraige argument there is moot.
The push should be focused elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Gay couples can't form "real" families? (i.e. via marriage). How is that not a civil rights issue?
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According to your definition, single parent families are not considered 'real' families, either.