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Crescat Sententia: The word "marriage": "Alright, so let's assume that the 'marriage is for heterosexuals' folks concede to a system of civil unions for homoseuals, with the same rights, responsibilities, and divorce codes as traditional marriage. ...The people who say marriage is by definition a man-woman thing have temporarily won.

"But what happens when these couples take their civil union licenses, show up in front of their pastor/preacher/priest/what have you, and ask to be wed in front of God, their friends and family, and in their church's eyes? ...I'm imagining a world where it's not only the Unitarian Universalists who will be so inclusive, but also more traditional Protestant denominations--the Lutherans, or the Episcopalians.

"Now John and Tom have a civil union from the state and a marriage from the church. Are they married? The government might still say no. But when John and Tom talk about themselves, do they say 'I am united to him' or 'I am married to him'? I predict the latter.... For how long will people who support gay civil unions but not gay marriages persist in considering John and Tom not married?"

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Maggie Gallagher profiles Elizabeth Marquardt: "Elizabeth is a 33-year-old mother, wife, feminist and lifelong Democrat. 'I've always known gays and lesbians--school, workplaces, neighbors. I find really repellent those who think it is a sinful lifestyle, and I don't want to be identified with them,' she says.

"She is a child of divorce, so she certainly knows marriage is not perfect. ...

"Elizabeth Marquardt supports civil unions, but draws the line at redefining marriage. ...

"To Elizabeth, it is all too reminiscent of the divorce revolution in the 1970s, when, based on enthusiasm for adult choice (and a handful of preliminary social science studies), 'experts' concluded that divorce was fine for children. It took 30 years of painstaking research and a whole generation of adult children of divorce revealing their own experiences to reverse that adult consensus about what children need. Our culture of marriage has not yet fully recovered."
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Gay ambivalence toward possibility of SSM.

You should all head over to MarriageMovement as well, but especially if you're interested in black Americans' views of SSM.

And now, happy Thanksgiving! I'll be back Monday.
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