[Khadra]

Originally Posted by mexico

A civil union is any state-recognized personal/romantic union that is not marriage. In California civil unions are pretty much marriage just diffrent name.

It's the "pretty much" that is the problem. Anything less than total equality is unfair. The law should never favor a particular group. That is so wrong.

Originally Posted by mexico

No I wasn't saying it like that.
The girl above me try to but it as if gay couples have no right and I just said what they did have.
I didn't mean to say that you should be ok with those rights.
But if you say everyone should be equal regardless, if you but it up for voting "if mexicans should be granted USA citizenship" I can bet anything that it wouldn't pass, why because people will vote base on that they believe is right to them.
The same for prop 8 people voted, based on what they believe was right.
Bottom point we do not live in a perfect world. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose.

The problem is that it was ever put to a vote in the first place. Since when do we vote on whether or not we are going to allow people equal rights?

Also, the example you gave is not a good one because Mexicans are not American citizens so they do not have any claim to rights in the US. It's something completely different.