I wasn't attributing them to you. I was responding to Redfish.
I know who you were addressing. no matter how many times you recite the gay marriage talking points, you can never make a case that a sanctioned civil union is any less than a gay marriage.
your issue is not equal rights, its trying to force your beliefs and lifestyle on the rest of us.
If you would be honest about it, you might make more progress.
If your real goal is for you and your partner to have the same rights as a man/woman couple then a civil union does that. But thats not really your goal now is it?