Quote:I suppose I don't see semantics as liberty. As long as the rights extended are the same for everyone and the terminology used is the same for everyone, who cares what the name attached to it is? I think you'd find a lot less objection to homosexual couples being extended government-backed civil unions. We might not even be talking about a certain middle-aged female Cartman in Kentucky...

 

So people should be expected to change the entire word for everyone, because a few clerks refuse to do their job, and they might do their job if a word was changed (although it's doubtful, I'm sure they'd find another reason to oppose it.)   It's not just the word they disapprove of.  They disapprove of that 'lifestyle'.  I'm sure we'd still be talking about a middle-aged female Cartman in Kentucky even if the word was changed.  


Oh and what about the few churches that will allow gays to get married?  

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