what exactly is gay marriage? New Jersey offers civil unions but whats the difference? excuse my stupidity
As I understand it... "Marriage" includes the traditional ceremony, where someone officiates and pronounces the wedding valid. Bride-and-groom type of thing. Civil unions give most or all of the same legal rights as marriage, but there is no public ceremony involved.
ok cool i understand it now, but then wouldnt it be wrong for the government to allow gay marriage, i mean the law cant force a change in religion isnt it being a bit annoying asking for the exact title of 'marriage' ?
Not how I view it. To me, this is not a debate about terminology, though many people mistakenly see it as only that. This is a debate about equality in the eyes of the law and public. By deliberately giving it a different name, the politicians are sending the message that a covenant of love between a gay couple is fundamentally different and inferior. The only reason to deny the use of "marriage" like a heterosexual marriage would be to connotate that it is somehow not deserving, e.g. inferior... rather like the Blacks were required to use a different waterfountain because they were, too, inferior. Sure, everyone gets the same water (or rights) but courts have proven that separate is not equal.
