Tennessee will have the ban on the ballot this year.
Banning gay marriage is fine. The problem are the resolutions that ban civil unions or any other form of recognized partnerships as well.
No its not fine, people's lives are destroyed.
WTF? How can people's lives be "destroyed" by not having gay marriage. We dont' currently have gay marriage in the state of Tennessee, so I really don't understand how banning a change the status quo changes anything.
Connecticut legalized them this year and less than 300 have been done, in a state with 3.5 million people. They are "separate but equal" (equal to the rights of marriage but separate in name) and not worth the effort.
So let me see if I understand your point:
You don't want the legal protections and civil rights that come with marriage -- you just want to steal the religious tradition called "marriage". Interesting. That really screws up those of us who argue that gays deserve the rights of hospital visitation, insurance sharing, etc. You don't want equality, you just want to take something that isn't yours.
Those thousands of marriages in California and Oregon last year took place b/c people thought they were getting a meaningful contract, not a poll-tested compromise.
Civil unions are not a poll-tested compromise, they extend the civil rights that come with marriage to gay and lesbian couples.
