Did Miss California lose because of her opinion on gay marriage?

[WessleWoggle]

starcraft said:

WessleWoggle said:
Umm, so what you're saying Star, is that marriage is somehow different than ceremonies of partnership? Now you've lost me.

It doesn't matter what the majority thinks, it is a rights issue, not a definition issue.

Excellent.  You agree with me.  As you see no difference practically between a marriage and a ceremony of partnership, we have now reached a common ground.

Marriage is an important institution to billions, so we can keep it as such for them, and provide equivelant ceremonies of partnership for homosexuals.

Thanks Wessle.  I find your proposal more than acceptable.  Ceremony of Partnership sounds far better than civil union.

 

I still don't think straight people should be able to do what gay people can't, even if they're getting the exact same thing with a different name. That's the thing, if it's different, it's not equal.

It should all be labeled the same thing. Marriage, civil union, ceremony of partnership, bullshitarrage, whatever you want to call it, it's all the same, and it should be called the same thing for everyone, as that's the only thing that's equal.

Also, if you're going to argue against calling it the same thing...

How will changing the legal name of marriage degrade people's own religious or cultural dedication to each other?