Civil Unions Debate - Seattle, WA

Kimbrelle Thommasson wrote:

Saying that marriage is for heterosexuals and civil unions for homosexuals is nearly equivalent to saying separate but equal. Civil unions are in no way the same as marriage, not just the name is different, which itself gives a certain harmful stigma and creates a second class, but the laws that apply to marriages only occasionally extend to civil unions. And what are the arguments against homosexuals sharing in the ability to marry? I have yet to read an appeal not mired in religious bias or with zero scientific/statistical support.