Word for Gay Marriage?
October 25, 2006 12:52 PM Subscribe
New Jersey Supreme Court mandates gay marriage, but perhaps not with that name. The legislature has six months to determine if it will be called 'marriage' or something else. Serious or amusing suggestions for alternative names?
Personally, I think "marriage" is the one and only word. Period.
Personally, I think "marriage" is the one and only word. Period.
This post was deleted for the following reason: you answered your own question, which is one sure sign of chatfilter
I've always thought civil union is good for a state-sanctioned union. The term "marriage" has grown ties that are very close to "matrimony," which I consider the sacramental union. Therein lies the sticking point with the issue: politically, people argue against gay "marriage" because the Church opposes it. If you dissociate state- and Church-sanctioned unions, it becomes less of an issue, though I don't forsee it being a non-issue in the near future.
/trying to be intelligent
posted by sjuhawk31 at 1:09 PM on October 25, 2006
/trying to be intelligent
posted by sjuhawk31 at 1:09 PM on October 25, 2006
And by that I mean any state-sanctioned union, gay or otherwise, could be classified as a civil union.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 1:10 PM on October 25, 2006
posted by sjuhawk31 at 1:10 PM on October 25, 2006
I think they should just call it "Same sex". This should apply to both hetero and homo sexual unions. I am in a heterosexual marriage, and it's definitely the "Same sex" all the time.
posted by poppo at 1:12 PM on October 25, 2006
posted by poppo at 1:12 PM on October 25, 2006
I am of the same mind as sjuhawk31. Marriage is a religious issue, and solely a religious issue. If state or federal governments want to grant special rights or privileges to committed couples, that's great. Call them all civil unions, regardless of the genders involved. The government shouldn't care whether or not you're married any more than it should care whether or not you've had a bar mitzvah.
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:17 PM on October 25, 2006
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:17 PM on October 25, 2006
how about calling it 'chatfilter?'
posted by lester's sock puppet at 1:17 PM on October 25, 2006
posted by lester's sock puppet at 1:17 PM on October 25, 2006
How about "Plan B"? LOL! It is sure to piss off the religious right, since it is the brand name for the morning after pill. (And let me identify myself as a gay man in favor of both "Plan B's", which of course are always optional.)
posted by juggler at 1:20 PM on October 25, 2006
posted by juggler at 1:20 PM on October 25, 2006
Canoodling.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 1:22 PM on October 25, 2006
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 1:22 PM on October 25, 2006
Uh, how about "civil union"? I'm as happy about this as anyone else (although if you read the decision, the 3 of the 4-3 opinion disagreed in that they felt the only Marriage would do), but I don't see how this is really a relevant question.
posted by needs more cowbell at 1:23 PM on October 25, 2006
posted by needs more cowbell at 1:23 PM on October 25, 2006
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