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Old 08-20-2008, 06:40 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by creekster View Post
But we should not forget that in California, where the prop 8 debate is taking place, the issue is NOT whether gays can live together, adopt children, have sex, enter civil unions, be romantically connected, receive insurance beneifts, etc., as those are all allowed whether or not prop 8 passes or fails. The only issue is whether their union is deemed a marriage.
I was responding to hoopster's and Dan's specious reasoning, which could be used to ban gay unions, per the LDS Church's position. Adding the official title of marriage to the unions has a different purpose we've discussed ad nauseum here.
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