I still want a different word for 'gay marriage'

Is that what the whole issue is about? Its like the hotel room where you pay $65.00 for one occupant and $75.00 for two occupants??If thats all that we are worrying about, I wojuld say that Civil Unions are proper no matter whom is involved in the contract, but that perhaps the law should state that there can only be one other person involved in a civil union at any one time.That way, should you ever later want your fancy Catholic Wedding,
You can still have it---but your buddy won't get cheaper insurance any longer unless you marry him. That privilege is now for your wife.(assuming Catholics ever allow gay weddings to begin with)I think I see your point, though:
Civil Unions are business contracts.
Gay Marriage goes deeper. It is a social statement.Even as a Christian, I see nothing wrong with allowing same sex marriage legislation. If we simply allowed it and quit trying to judge people, the controversy would vanish.Let God judge the intents and purposes of the heart. Love your neighbor and stay out of their business.

If you were a friend of mine, and I went out to dinner with other friends and did not include you on the invite list, it need not be a purposeful exclusion. (Just a practical matter.)

Many conservatives want to elect Judges who they believe will interpret the Laws in strict absolute frameworks.Liberalism, to them, involves reinterpreting the mmeaning of some of our sacred cow-isms. "Legislating from the bench" they call it.I am a moderate...while I feel that society needs to change, I dont feel it appropriate to dislodge the underpinnings of what we were built upon.In other words, I don't want The Ten Suggestions to replace The Ten Commandments anytime soon.I feel uncomfortable with redefining marriage. It is based on current human cultural attitudes to do so...rather than on traditional definitions.There simply is no need for two same sex people to get married, aside from economic and legal benefits. Based on those reasons, I suppose that changing the laws wouldnt hurt anyone....but I'd have to study both sides of the issues.