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Plenty of states offer equal rights for gays under civil unions. But they are still crying that they want to use the word "marriage" and it's not the same if they can't. So all that bitching and moaning when they ALREADY HAVE their rights but want it called marriage?? Cry me a river. [/quote]

There are only a handful of states that have any type of civil union or domestic partnership laws.  And in some of those states, they only grant some of the protections of marriage and not all.  Additionally, even if you reside in a state that does grant civil unions, if you travel to a state that does not have civil unions and/or reciprocity, you can still be denied the rights of your civil union, something which cannot happen to couples that are married.  It's much like the case for segregation "separate but equal" which, of course, was not equal at all.  One problem with this state-by-state problem is that a couple can have full civil union rights which in say, DC, but if they were to travel out to see some friends in MD or VA and one of them happened to have a health emergency, the other partner would have limited rights in the hospital because the state only provide 11 (of over 330) protections accorded to married couples.  The partner is entitled to hospital visitation, but no protections to make legal or medical decisions or any other next-of-kin rights.

As for "plenty of states" there are 9 states (and DC) that offer some form of civil union or domestic partnership that resembles marriage.  There are five states that offer a limited form of civil union that gives only a subset of marriage rights.  That's 28% of the states that give some form of civil union.  I'd hardly call that "plenty."[/quote]

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