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Originally Posted by Robin
Civil unions, or marriage, or in whatever equal form these relationships are finally recognized, are the attempt of a number of gay men and women to start living MORE responsibly.
Mike, there is nothing special about the word 'marriage.' A rose by any other name... the LDS church sees gay marriage as an assault on the FAMILY. Changing the name to 'civil union,' if it was a genuinely equal institution, would make it no less an assault on family.
Good luck changing the church from within. I hope your letters do some good.
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Agreed. How frequently do LDS members complain that the activist judiciary frequently interprets things in manners that were not intended and arrives at incomprehensible results? I tend to think it happens far less than most LDS members do, but I recognize that any new amendment takes several decades before we actually understand its impact on law.
Anyone saying today that this amendment would not prohibit civil unions does not have a clue how the judiciary works. The short answer: WE DON'T KNOW, and we won't know for several years after it passes (which, incidentally, isn't going to happen anyways).