Reply #12: No tiered system currently applies

[Taeger]

The traditional institution of marriage is available to ANYBODY despite class, race, gender or sexual orientation.

The far left is trying to imply a distinction where non exists. Civil Union between same sex individuals is a fundamentally NEW institution in nature.

I have warned people around here that the DEMANDS for gay marriage will end up pushing the cause of both civil union AND gay marriage back 10-20 years. You have forced the hand of Massachusetts legislators. You are now forcing the hands of California legislators. And I dare say that even THEY would pass a constitutional amendment AGAINST gay marriage recognition if the actions in San Francisco force them to.

This is the WRONG strategy. You are energizing your opponents and giving them lots of face time on national TV. As a result, legislators who WERE sympathetic to civil union legislation are now going to distance themselves from it.

If you keep it up, even the Democratic NATIONAL party will have to distance themselves from the civil union issue. You are pushing a boulder up hill and it WILL eventually roll back over you.