Do you like my solution to the gay marriage debate?

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Elvis

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Whether or not gays should be allowed to marry has been hotly debated since 2004 when Bush used it as a main issue which defined his re-election bid. Pro-gay marriage people argue that gay couples should be allowed the same legal rights that straight couples have. Anti-gay marriage people say that the institution of marriage is reserved for male-female couples, and this institution should not be destroyed.

I have a solution that should make both sides happy. We keep the institution of marriage reserved for male-female couples. However, we create a new institution called farriage for gay couples. Two gays cannot get married, but they can get farried. Farriage allows the couple to have the same legal rights as a married couple. However, it is prohibited by law that a farried couple uses "marriage" to describe their relationship. Doing so risks the loss of their farriage license.

I trust that both sides of the debate will find my solution as an acceptable tradeoff which allows us to put this debate behind us and move on to more important issues like the economy and the war in Afghanistan. Thank you for your attention.
 
A brilliant plan. If only you had been around 50 years ago, you could have suggested that black people could be allowed to use the "fun-time water dispenser" instead of wasting time and energy on all that desegregation and equal rights mess. Then they could have focused on important issues like the economy and war in Vietnam.

Or maybe not. Tragic fail.
 
Among other things I disagree with, I want to point out that Bush did NOT use the gay marriage issue as his main issue in his re-election.

Much more importantly, I want to point out that the "debate" isn't up to us, it's in the hands of the judges, who don't need and will not use our public opinion. They will legislate gay marriage in the name of the constitutional doctrines that have been handed down from the US Supreme Court. "Fundamental rights" are not up for debate, apparently.
 
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