Well, would you look at that.

[featherynscale]

Well, this just about makes my morning: Fox News (yeah, that Fox News) poll shows a plurality of respondents favor civil unions for same-sex couples. Granted, the question asked does specify that proposed civil unions would not be marriages, but still - positive movement.

Don't get me wrong, I'm after marriage rights for everybody, but I'm willing to accept this civil union thing as a temporary measure.

Comments

[themadblonde]

Well, from a purely inferential perspective, saying you "support" something is much more active & personal than saying that something "should be allowed." I know a lot of people who might agree that we should be "allowed" to have sex, but don't necessarily SUPPORT same-sex-sex. Just like someone might agree that terrorists should be allowed to have public defenders, but might not admit to supporting terrorists' "rights." That's an extreme example but there are still a benighted few who see same-sex relationships/sex as a kind of "attack" on what they think should be "common values."

To me, it comes down to the difference between saying "somebody should do something" & realising, "hey, _I'M_ somebody." -Karen