I don't see civil unions as separate but equal as long as they differ in name only from marriage.
um, that literally is the definition of "separate but equal"
if they differ besides name, then it is separate but unequal.
I am not bothering to address Smuffin, because his point is ridiculous and everyone has already argued with him about it.
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I'm "kind of a big deal".
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