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Originally posted by Prophecy
G_Whiz about your idea of creating a second word for just homosexual "marriages", it sounds good and all but I could see that term, whatever it maybe, come to be considered a second class term.
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I guess I did not make my point clearly enough. I am
NOT talking about a second word for homosexual "marriages". I am suggesting that we come up with a new term for
ALL "marriages".
Religious groups can continue to have the rites of matrimony, i.e. marriage. But for legal and governmental purposes, there would be a new term for the binding of two individuals which provides the economic and legal guarantees that is currently only available to those heterosexual couples who go through a marriage.
Basically, I think we need a practical solution to a problem that keeps getting wrapped up in religious or moral opinions and not on the needs of the couples involved.