Prophecy Dude - Civil Unions Come Out of the Closet; The Goal is Same-Sex Marriage

Civil Unions Come Out of the Closet; The Goal is Same-Sex Marriage

01/31/2011 20:41

Here’s what you should know about civil union legislation: It is being introduced in several states as part of a strategy to redefine marriage.

Although it is often denied, a news release [1] by the Illinois ACLU about recently-passed civil union legislation admits this, and also equates “full equality” with same-sex marriage.

Although the passage of civil union legislation represents an important step forward on the road toward full equality for LGBT individuals in Illinois, the ACLU continues to work to achieve the freedom to marry for all couples.

“We look forward to the day when Illinois joins other states across the nation by making marriage available for all Illinois citizens,” said Colleen Connell, executive director of the ACLU of Illinois. “This new law suggests that the day of complete fairness for lesbian and gay couples is not far away in the Land of Lincoln.”

In addition to this verbal acknowledgement that civil unions are a step toward the goal of same-sex marriage, there is the real evidence. Vermont, Connecticut and New Hampshire started with civil unions but now have same-sex marriage after the LGBT lobby declared civil unions to be inadequate.

Civil unions will never be enough for the LGBT lobby, and California is case in point. The California legislature passed multiple domestic partnership laws to give every right and responsibility of marriage to same-sex couples. Still, voters had to vote not once, but twice to defend marriage. Not even that was enough. Proposition 8 is on its way to the Supreme Court because the goal is redefining marriage for everyone.

Brian Raum, who helps defend one-man, one-woman marriage laws with the Alliance Defense Fund [2], shed more light on this tactic in a statement he gave to a Wyoming newspaper [3].

“Those who support the passage of a civil unions law –- even those here today -– will be the same individuals and organizations who will then say that civil union laws create second-class citizen status for same-sex couples,” Raum said. “And not only that -– that it creates a constitutional claim that requires, then, the state to redefine marriage through the court system.”

Make no mistake. Civil union legislation is not a good compromise for protecting marriage. Civil unions are only the bait required to get fair-minded people to take the hook. The big fish is same-sex marriage.

Civil Unions: A Giant Step Toward Redefining Marriage [4]

Civil Unions a Near Certainty in Illinois [5]

Civil Unions, Slippery Slopes, and Prop 8 [6]

Ill. Legislature Passes Civil Unions Bill [7]

Excellent NRO piece makes “The Case for Marriage” [8]