[M. Bison]

That’s what brought about the term "civil unions." However, this whole debate was never about obtaining the same legal rights as those married, right? If it were, then the whole matter would’ve since been resolved. If anyone actually believes that this is truly about obtaining the same legal rights as those married, then they’re only fooling themselves. Civil union laws which are almost completely identical to their marriage counterpart have been shot down multiple times by gay-rights activists. I’m not saying that there aren’t any homosexual couples out there which are truly, and only after these legal rights. I am, however, saying a greater majority of these homosexual couples are after far more than simply that. The practice of homosexuality conflicts with tradition, and the philosophy and texts of most religions. Homosexual couples want to be accepted for who they are and what they believe in, as do all people in this world. Sadly, in desire for this acceptance, many foolishly believe that they can legally force their practices into laws, originally derived from, and heavily intertwined with religion, and it’ll suddenly be accepted by both the religious base which practices it, and everyone following it simply through tradition. This is essentially a battle over a title with false hopes attached, and certainly won’t go as planned. I’m against gay-marriage because this problem is in most cases being pursued for all the wrong reasons. There are even some people who are for it or against it for no other reason than to “get back at” other people they hate such as racist or sexist bigots. If you spin the wheel of hate, then it’ll never stop spinning. You can’t force something onto someone and expect it to end there. If someone truly believes something and holds great pride in it and someone comes along and destroys it, even if the person was completely right in doing so, then the person will hate them for crushing their world, and may even spitefully go against them for that reason alone. If you proceed in this way then it will only build up more hate in the world and almost guarantee the issue will persist for further in the future than necessary. Although homosexual couples pursue this with a noble cause in heart, this simply isn’t the right way to do it. Racism was tackled in this way and to this day it still lingers on. I’m afraid that in the likely event homosexual couples do earn their right to gay-marriage, it’ll only give them a short-term feeling of satisfaction, and they’d likely be no less bitter and depressed than they are now shortly down the road. If not more so actually, since they wouldn’t even have that goal to strive for in life.