Originally Posted by: LordathestringsSo grant the same rights and obligations, but don't call it a marriage just because your too lazy to amend the existing statutes.

If it would cover the exact same rights, why would there be need to give it a different name? The dictionary does not even give one definite definition of the word marriage.
You can, however, claim that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. In that sense it's only a matter of opinion.

Not so long ago, the legal description of a civil marriage mentioned nothing about sex/gender, it'd be very easy to reverse the change that was made to make it exclusively for straight couples(with the afformentioned exception of course). It's only a couple of words.


Conclusion: It's just a matter of semantics really. Only thing left is to agree to disagree.