Michael Pollak wrote:
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> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, John Thornton wrote:
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> > It makes no difference if one calls it marriage or civil union IF we
> > only use one term.
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> This is a totally theoretical question since, in order to have civil
> unions be the equal term, you'd have to abolish marriage, which would be
> even harder than instituting gay marriage.
Even in a communist world, if a couple split up there would have to be some way of deciding which one got to keep the cat.
Carrol