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Debate: Civil unions vs. gay marriage
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- Argument: Civil unions are "separate, but not equal."
- Argument: Gays can only undermine marriage if seen as morally depraved
- Argument: Marriage is not reserved solely for those that can reproduce
- Argument: Civil unions invite second-class treatment and discrimination
- Argument: Civil unions have to be explained; unequal status with marriage
- Argument: Marriage has always evolved; should now include gays
- Argument: Success rate of gay marriages is an inappropriate criteria
- Argument: Gay marriage is unlikely now; civil unions are a practical step
- Argument Civil unions avoid drawn out culture war on gay marriage
- Argument: Civil unions are a reasonable compromise and way forward
- Argument: General statements in favor of civil union over gay marriage
- Argument: Denying gays marriage is not justified on religious grounds
- Argument: Civil unions can be pushed to include equal benefits as marriage
- Argument: Civil unions are not "separate, but unequal" if heterosexuals can do it
- Argument: Civil unions are a positive step toward gay marriage
- Argument: Civil unions offer same benefits as marriage
- Argument: Civil unions give gays equal benefits w/o changing marriage laws
- Argument: The right to marry is a basic human right
- Argument: Gay marriage violates freedoms of religious groups
- Argument: Many opponents of gay marriage are tolerant of civil unions
- Argument: Civil unions would give gays all the benefits of marriage
- Argument: Civil couples meet greater legal complications than married gays
- Argument: Civil unions are not necessarily recognized out of state
- Argument: Gay marriage does not harm heterosexual marriages
- Argument: Gay marriage is a negligible change to institution of marriage
- Argument: Gay marriages violate religious freedoms
- Argument: By offering alternative, civil unions undermine marriage
- Argument: Civil unions give what matters: equal benefits not "marriage"
- Argument: Civil union couples can say they're "married"
- Argument: Word "marriage" is symbolic, should not be denied to gays
- Argument: Civil union "compromise" is inappropriate half-step to equality
- Argument: Civil unions make it harder to pass gay marriage
- Argument: If gays get civil unions, why withhold "marriage"?
- Argument: Civil unions will make people comfortable with idea of gay marriage
- Argument: Gay marriage violates religious freedoms
- Argument: Gay parents have weaker custody rights without marriage
