A bit of a poser

[docwebster]

To those who actually think "civil unions" are okay.. we didn't let them get away with this happy horseshit forty years ago when it was called "separate but equal", why are we supposed to let them get away with it now? What the hell's next, I ask you - separate homosexual drinking fountains? Homosexuals at the back of the bus? Where in the wide blue hell does it end, people?

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[jilesa.livejournal.com]

I agree with you wholeheartedly when it comes to a long term solution. Legal marriage is not something I yen for at all, but I'll be right there cheering on any gay couple and/or polyamorous group that wants to challenge society's attitudes about marriage.

On the other hand, what isn't an acceptable end point may very well be a step in the right direction, and that's more or less how I feel about civil unions. No, they're not good enough, but they're better than nothing, and I think using them as an intermediate step along the path may not be a bad idea. If you think about it, 'separate but equal' was a step along the path from slavery to legal equality for African Americans. Civil unions are no more an acceptable place to *stop* the struggle for LGBT equality than 'separate but equal' was an acceptable place to stop the struggle for racial equality, but they can damned sure be a stepping stone toward real equality, IMO.