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Originally posted by G_Whiz
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.
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so, law should be re-written to suit religion?
i think it should be the other way around. religious groups can call it whatever they want, but under law a marriage is a marriage.
i really dont care about whether this offends religious groups, but i dont think we should come up w/ a new word just cuz it would piss off religious groups.