Quote:Oh brother. You made a claim that both sides want ownership of the word so you presented a compromise of one side getting to own it!!!!

I don't think that's what JIB is doing. I'll try to avoid putting words in his mouth, but I think he's talking about privatizing the term marriage. Privatizing it does not necessarily mean surrendering it to the right. It wouldn't stop anyone from marrying any couple, and I think you'd find that many, many people legally allowed to do so would continue marrying same-sex couples. It would also not force someone who has strong beliefs against same-sex marriage to perform one, but those two people would still have all the tax and legal benefits of a civil union even if they didn't want to go somewhere else to get married.

 

There are places of worship that are LGBTQ-inclusive and will marry same-sex couples. You can do some research on that yourself if you're interested. I'm inclined not to go any further because of the religion rule.

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