Originally Posted by JeffLV

Thanks for your input, but it's not you I want to talk to! lol. I'm waiting for someone who does not support legal rights for gay couples to tell me why they support legal unions for straight couples. If they can’t say why they support these legal rights, then their arguments against homosexual couples getting the same rights are hypocritical. If they can't argue for why they support rights for straight couples, then it is THEM that are supporting "special rights" for straight couples, not the people supporting gay unions.

I agree with what you say as the reason for legal unions, and that's why I support legal unions for gay AND straight couples. Can anyone say why only straight couples should have this and nobody else?