Reply #64: Oh God you are so clueless... [View All]

[foreigncorrespondent]

...you state you have had several gay and lesbian friends over the years, etc, etc, etc, yet you really have no bloody clue as to what this all means, do you?

I have read (I do not know) that the legal rights under the NJ civil unions are equal as those provided by marriage (with several federal exceptions).

Try 1,138.

And while all those rights look good on paper, remember they are only valid in New Jersey. If a unionized couple moves from NJ to another part of the country, they will lose all those entitlements. Does that happen to heterosexual couples?

So now, if you want to see this as progression towards equality go for it, but don't expect to have the support of the vast majority of queers, who do happen to recognize this as being nothing more than trying to appease the base.

I personally won't feel good until everything is equal across the board.

And please stop spining it to suit yourself. By stating that this brings everything equal is spin, mate, because it won't be equal until I get unionized in NJ, have my spouse sponsor me for immigration, then be able to live in CA with all the rights straight married couples enjoy.