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EPR-radar11/09/2012 6:26:57 pm PST

re: #390 Daniel Ballard

I once made an argument not rooted in animus. Even windupbird admitted I was not a bigot at the time, quite a concession at that heated moment. My point at the time (before I changed my mind) was that same sex bonds were different enough from opposite sex life bonds that a different ceremony was called for. Something that was more unique to celebrate gay culture, unburdened of tradition between opposite sex mates. My point was a positive one. All the legal rights would happen just like a straight licensed marriage.

To my mind, this doesn’t seem like an argument against gay marriage at all. The substantive point of the debate has always been legal recognition by civil authorities (on completely equal terms), which your proposal appears to grant, assuming the different ceremony is legally recognized as “marriage” by the state..