The problem with civil unions are that they do not give all of the protections that marriages give. For instance, spousal privlege is denied in law courts to civil unions. Inheritance, decisions on health problems, health care coverage, etc. are all other problems as well. Civil unions just don't give anywhere close to the same legal protections as marriages, and if you go that route, you just end up with the same problems which existed in all other 'separate but equal' societies.
Finally, I also believe in less governmental involvement in issues dealing with personal freedom. However, this appears to be more concerned with denying rights to people who are doing 'bad'.
But these are just the problems you enter into when a government takes on a religious institution: marriage, and codifies it with laws. It would be better if people got married in churches, and joined legally in town halls. In that way, the persecution of those churches which allow gay marriage, polygamy, etc. would end because what people want to do on their own time and through their own belief system is fine.
But for government, which should provide equal opportunity and laws, civil unions should only be about taxes and legal rights and I don't see why that should be restricted.
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Re: my nose begins here
on 28 Feb 2004 11:39 (UTC)Finally, I also believe in less governmental involvement in issues dealing with personal freedom. However, this appears to be more concerned with denying rights to people who are doing 'bad'.
But these are just the problems you enter into when a government takes on a religious institution: marriage, and codifies it with laws. It would be better if people got married in churches, and joined legally in town halls. In that way, the persecution of those churches which allow gay marriage, polygamy, etc. would end because what people want to do on their own time and through their own belief system is fine.
But for government, which should provide equal opportunity and laws, civil unions should only be about taxes and legal rights and I don't see why that should be restricted.