Reply #2: I had a definite epiphany moment...

[SteppingRazor]

when I went from being pro-civil unions to pro-gay marriage.

There's just no way to justify civil unions without somehow making gay love "lesser" than straight love. When I got into a debate about it with a pro-gay marriage friend and was unable to ameliorate that part of the argument, I was forced to change my opinion.

I still can understand the argument of gay civil unions as a stepping stone to gay marriage -- the fights for women's rights and minority rights have been paved with such stepping stones -- but there's no way you can convince me that gays should be happy with civil unions as a finishing point on the road to equality.


As for the rest of it, the idea of homosexuality being sinful or something, despite 10 years of Catholic school, I never really thought that way. It's just never made logical sense to me.