'Marriage' has broadly been defined as 'Sex for Support'. For the last 10,000 years 'marriage' has been between 'men and women'. So most people have a pretty good idea of what marriage is, like creating a family of biological offspring. Now, two guys that want to butt fuck each other for the next 20 years is considered 'marriage'. So, I have a question.
In order to please the 'traditionalists' and the 'religious' over the 'gay marriage' issue, and to please the 'LGBT Community' over the 'Marriage Equality' issue, ... why not simply swap out the 'word' marriage and replace that 'word' with Civil Union? All the benefits, the Rights, the Privileges that are associated with 'Marriage' would be applied to Civil Unions. The Government could define 'Civil Union' any way it wanted, there is no historical context to the word, there's no established understanding of the word like there is for the 'word' Marriage.
The 'Red Team/Blue Team' Partisanshitheads should both be happy with this. The 'LGBT Community' will have their Marriage Equality (and can call their union anything they want) and the 'Traditionalists/Religious' can reclaim the 'word' Marriage as 'between a Man and a Woman'. The Government has removed itself from the issue and now only recognizes Civil Union Certificates (NOT Marriage Certificates) as the legal way to acquire all the benefits.
Damocles: "I hereby designate this as the "ask Damocles" thread ..."
OK. That's Jack's question.