[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Autumn

No, you shouldn't need to. But the opponents are clearly convinced that they'll be "Forced" to perform gay marriages, that there will be civil suits that will follow these legal actions. A clearly secular civil union available for all Americans would remove this worry, theoretically, and just makes more logical sense.

But it's a compromise that gay citizens do not want. They're not just after the benefits. They want to get married, not civilly unioned.