For me personally, it's because it harkens back too much to Jim Crow and having things be "separate but equal." I want the same thing for myself and my partner that a heterosexual couple would have. Civil unions are not the same as marriage. Just ask the federal government. Or any one of 37 states including my home state of Georgia that ban any relationship between a man and a woman being treated as even similar to marriage.
We want equality. David -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:14 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: has anyone checked on Sam? David, Sorry to but you on the spot, but why, in your opinion, are many in the homosexual community adverse to the idea of civil unions as they're currently presented? David Churvis wrote: > Because all we want is the right to marry and have that be legally > recognized in the same way it is for heterosexual couples. I can safely say > that there is not a single gay marriage advocate who wants to force churches > to recognize our civil marriages. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:38 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: has anyone checked on Sam? > > >> The churches would NOT suddenly be forced to marry anybody they did not >> want to marry. >> > > This is where I am the most worried, and this is why, as related to > abortion: > http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/oct/19/whats-wrong-with-respectin > g-everyones-right-to/ > > In the end, those who do not believe in abortion are asked/forced to > accept the position that abortion is about a woman's body, a woman's > right and a woman's choice, and that religion, society, parents and > fathers have no role in the decision. > > Beyond threatening the rights of parents, the most strident > pro-choicers now want to force doctors to perform abortions or refer > patients to someone who will, regardless if their consciences say > otherwise. As Hastings Center bioethicist Nancy Berliner puts it, > "Your religious rights don't mean you can use them to undermine > someone's civil rights." In layman's terms: "I want an abortion and > you have to perform it or find someone who will." > > I recall a suit where a woman was given a referral but sued the > referring doctor for not performing the procedure. I couldn't find a > reference for that one though. > > Who's to say that this same attitude won't be pressed by same sex couples? > > Hatton > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278983 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
