The nonconservative, nonreligious, brilliant writer on land use ("The Geography of Nowhere," "Home From Nowhere"), doom-mongering Saratoga resident Jim Kunstler in this morning's column opposes the Marriage Equality Act currently under consideration by the New York State Senate.
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June 20, 2011
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Consistent with the doom mongering.
Posted by: Brian | June 20, 2011 at 11:52 AM
"Civil unions would cover the necessary legal issues."
Except that they wouldn't. No civil unions for gays bill ever passed has provided the same set of rights as state marriage. And gay marriage opponents aren't pushing for a civil unions alternative in any case, so it's disingenuous to present this as an alternative.
Unless he means getting the state getting out of the "marriage" business entirely and offering identical civil unions to gay and straight couples alike... a proposition which I would support. In reality, state marriage IS a civil union... a union recognized by the civil authorities.
Posted by: Brian | June 20, 2011 at 11:55 AM