civil unions was a vermont backdoor solution to getting out of the courts imposing homosexual marriage. This is why the mass court was very specific is saying civil unions would not do.
Civil unions have been rejected in the courts of at least four states. (FL, GA, TX, CT)
Additionally Civil Unions do not rise to federal recognition and do not gain social security or immigration benefits.
Civil union laws are pointless. 100% of what they do can be achieved by a cohabitation contract. These have been around for decades, they are open to all, and enforcable by the courts.
It allows a leagal agreement/contract between recreational sex partners regarless of sexual mental illness.
Thats why I am in favor of some kind of "civil union" that merely consists of all the above contracts, granted at once. Let them have their weddings, parties, whatever, but I am against them having legal marriages.
Are you kidding? If two people love each other and want to show that love and commitment, why should they not be able to? How does that hurt anyone else? Gay people do not want to ruin marriage, they want to share in it. Marriage is about LOVE, not SEX.