[lbo-talk] Gay marriage

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 12 18:30:57 PST 2008


Bill Bartlett wrote:
> At 5:56 PM -0800 12/11/08, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>
>>> But surely the idea of a civil union is to confer those legal rights
>>> on couples in a recognised civil union? So the question is, what's
>>> the difference, in law, between a civil union and a marriage?
>>
>>
>> It's explained at the link I sent.
>
> No, it isn't. But I found a link on that page to the question. It
> seems there is no real problem in principle, just that the civil union
> legislation is a bit of a dog's breakfast.
>
> If that were fixed, which it could be, would that solve the problem?
>
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas

Why would anyone want identical legal protections going under two different names, one for heterosexual couples and one for homosexual couples? What benefit could one possibly derive from this circumstance?

John Thornton



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