Hoot Mon writes:
I'll sum it this way: I believe gay couples should have all the legal rights that straight couples have in the area of state-sanctioned civil unions. Beyond the government's legal interests, "marriages" should be the exclusive domain of free enterprise. Just take the word "marriage" out of the law.
Yes, this is the ideal you're hiding behind. But it's obvious that this isn't the forefront of your position.
If this is what you were worried about... you'd do what you say. You'd be working on removing the word "marriage" from the law. But you're not doing that. You're here, in a gay-rights thread, arguing against gay rights.
You're hiding behind what you think is a neutral cause. But it's not working. Your actions give you away.
If getting the government out of the marriage business is your goal, then start acting like that's your goal. Once that's accomplished, and
only once that's accomplished, can you actually argue your 'neutral ground' against gays getting married. Before then, like now, your anti-gay sentiments come across for exactly what they are: bigoted actions.
You're not fooling anybody.