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"But that is not entirely the case. When these discussions come up, generally Gay people still feel slighted by the term "Civil Union" even if it includes all benefits of marriage but those embedded by the "public" at large and churches. Gay people want to feel like everyone else, and have it be accepted by everyone else, including churches, or at least that is the presumption I come across from these discussions. "
I don't think my reading of that is unfair. And he was actually responding to my assertion that perhaps marriage should be relegated to just being a religious institution - -which makes your equal treatment under the law statement irrelevant.