A Modest Proposal: How to Make Everyone Happy About Lesbian and Gay Marriage
The debate about lesbian/gay marriage has reached a stage of pure symbolism: many people are now comfortable with the idea of "civil union" laws, which grant all the privileges of marriage without calling it "marriage". Some state governments have even passed such laws, and more will undoubtedly follow.
Understandably, not everyone is happy with this. It's clearly a deliberate slap in the face for people who want to marry partners of the same sex -- a slap that stings all the more because it is legitimized by democratically-elected legislatures. We'll give you everything you want, except the right...