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Your uninformed.



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The General Accounting Office in 1997 released a list of 1,049 benefits and protections available to heterosexual married couples. These benefits range from federal benefits, such as survivor benefits through Social Security, sick leave to care for ailing partner, tax breaks, veterans benefits and insurance breaks. They also include things like family discounts, obtaining family insurance through your employer, visiting your spouse in the hospital and making medical decisions if your partner is unable to. Civil Unions protect some of these rights, but not all of them.



No, I'm not.

Here's my source: http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/wedding/a/unionvmarriage.htm


And no, it says nothing about having to accept the way gay people live. In fact you'd probably hear less from gay people if you gave them the same rights as heteros. It's not like you can really argue that traditional marriage is a "holy" and "sacred" thing anymore considering almost 50% of hetero marriages end in divorce.

The freedom to marry is as fundamental as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Let people do what they want, as long as it's not harming anyone, and that's why our country can be a great place to live.