09-13-2012, 07:21 PM
I agree, I've brought this up with several of my rather conservative, straight friends and, the consensus is that yes a gay couple who has built a life together via a long term relationship should have all the rights of married couples but, they shouldn't be allowed to get married in any church because that's against the Bible and, they should not be called husband and husband or wife and wife, that's wrong too. But if they got a joining permit and went to the justice of the peace, and were then simply called a joined couple, that would be fine.
So If we pick new terminology that isn't the same terms conservative fundamentalist use, then we might have a better shot at getting equality on this front. Who cares what it's called, those are just words, what matters is the meaning and the rights behind the words. And if it can't be in a church, that's fine, outdoors, at home, in a feed store, I don't care as long as it gets the same rights as hetero couples.
So If we pick new terminology that isn't the same terms conservative fundamentalist use, then we might have a better shot at getting equality on this front. Who cares what it's called, those are just words, what matters is the meaning and the rights behind the words. And if it can't be in a church, that's fine, outdoors, at home, in a feed store, I don't care as long as it gets the same rights as hetero couples.
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