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It's so God damn easy I don't get why no one thought of this yet. I posted this earlier a few months back but I think it was ignored. Before you start flaming me for my warped view of reality, at least read the whole thing
Give Civil Unions the same benefits as Marriage, and let Heterosexual couples be allowed to have Civil Unions. That would eliminate any "Separate but Equal" bullshit out of the water. But wait, there's more! Legalize Gay Marriage across the country, but let individual churches choose whether or not to accept the marriages. If Gay couples really wanted marriage they should have no problem finding a small local church to hold their wedding, and if they cant find a church to approve of it, there is always a Government equivalent with the same benefits.
Bam! Boom! Solved. Where's my medal?
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13 Replies in this Sub-Threadif we just make Civil Partnerships the same as Marriages then we have the Separate but Equal problem (that it isn't equal). if we give everyone Civil Partnerships and make Marriages exclusive to religion (with everything the same except the names) then we again have the Separate but Equal problem, just applying to religion rather than sexual orientation.
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How is it separate but equal? The LEGAL documents that give two people the rights to preform joint taxes and all that good stuff that comes with marriage is there for everyone. Gheys and same sex couples will have the exact same economic and legal status as a same sex couple and Christianity, Mormonism, Catholicism and all the other religions will get to keep their sanctity of marriage. Essentially marriage will become like baptism. Just a symbolic religious ceremony.
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and using that religious ceremony instead of a Civil Partnership like all other couples will set the religious couples apart from those other couples, even if that separation is in the name alone. in the same way that having a black bathroom and a white bathroom is discriminatory, so is having a 'gay' marriage and a 'non-gay' marriage, and so is having a 'religious' marriage and a 'non-religious' marriage.
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