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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
If a civil union had the same protections and benefits as a marriage, then it would be about a title, not about equality
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Actually, we fought for simple civil unions in the '90's and got nowhere except in a few states.
Even during the gay marriage fight, leadership debated heavily on civil unions vs. marriage, as everyone figured that getting civil unions would be so much easier.
The general consensus ended up being that if people were fighting us so hard that we are going to go for all or nothing.
They should have given us what we wanted in the first place; all of the rights without the title. The people against gay marriage really have no one to blame except themselves. Collectively, we would have been happy being second class citizens in the 90's.