IDK, man - that state health insurance must mean an awful lot if you're not cashed up. Say, come to think of it, if Jon and I had been trying to get a California domestic partnership rather than a Maryland marriage, we'd've been up the creek. IMHO, only when a "civil union" or "domestic partnership" or what-have-you is legally equivalent to "marriage" are the connotations of that word really the issue - in fact, some gay folks would rather not call it "marriage"; they just want their rights. Keep in mind that Prop 8's opponents argued that gay marriage would harm society, not that same sex couples should have the same rights but use a different term.
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Date: 2008-12-26 01:38 am (UTC)