"Marriage" is the religious union between one man and one woman. Why the need to use the same term to join same sex couples? Why is calling these unions "domestic partnerships" offensive if allowing these couples the same legal rights as married couples?

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• Marriage is a religious right accepted by governments. Separation of church and state is a myth. In my opinion and the opinions of many many others, domestic partnerships should give the same rights as marriage, but not be called the same thing.

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  by Self-abused stomped antelope on December 12th, 2007

• Separation of church and state is not a myth, but one of the principles upon which this country was founded.
  If people are given equal rights, what possible excuse could one find for reserving one particular term for a "special" class of people?

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  by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on December 12th, 2007

• completely agree, as usual, Phoenix.

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  by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on December 12th, 2007

• It is a myth. In God We Trust.

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  by Self-abused stomped antelope on December 12th, 2007

• is everything a myth to you? you're entitled to your opinion, of course. however, just as many other laws that legally discriminated against women and racial minorities have been seen to be unfair, so will this one eventually. other countries are granting this right it's citizens, and the U.S. will one day follow.

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  by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on December 12th, 2007

• Actually "separation of church and state" is a misnomer, a more accurate constitutional title is "separation of state from church"

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  by John Cox will be back April 6th 2013 on January 24th, 2012