What the lying conservatives out there do not say is that with marriage comes rights that people cannot obtain without marriage. The govt. is giving rights to people based on a religious idea, which is against the US Const. and the states' constitutions. Thus, until you take marriage out of the law, which will never happen, then you must extend the same chance for the same rights to everyone.
Moreover, the lying conservatives play a shell game with statements like "civil unions" are the better way to go. In reality, every state const. amendment I can think of on this issue prohibited not only gay "marriage" but also gay civil unions. So, they are for prohibiting civil unions as well.
For example, the recently passed Fla. Amendment states:
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Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.
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Finally, the haters just can't stand not having the governments fully support their, and only their, religion. Pathetic if you ask me.
Interestingly, if they would just change the word marriage in all the laws to civil unions, would this shut up the lying conservatives. I suggest it would not.