Same Sex Unions

Well I promised to write on this subject and what better time than the present?

Recently there have been stories about a mailer sent out by the Republican Party to Arkansas(my home state).

In this mailer the RNC claims that if conservatives(the target of this mailer was Christian conservatives) don't get out and vote, the Bible will be banned and same sex marriages will be legalized.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/9748985.htm?1c

I'm ot even going to comment on the madness of believing that the Bible could one day be banned. Though, we have allowed the government to ban books, movies, paintings, and other forms of personal and religious expression and art in the past on the grounds of moral obscenity. Crusaders for these types of bans have been warned too often that eventually their own expression would stand at risk of being banned.

My opinion on same sex unions?

I have found this to be a very controversial subject. Even among my friends that I consider the most open minded, this subject without a doubt turns them into religious right leaning fanatics!

I am for the right of adults in serious relationships having a right to form a legal and binding contract with each other.

I am for this right even for couples of the same sex.

The general basis I find that most of my frieds agree with. That if you are dating someone and you have become serious, but really don't want the ceremony and spiritual binding that is constituted upon your union by the church, you and your significant other should have the right to a civil union. But, if this is about couples of the same sex, I have found that the idea sickens these same friends. Lots of people just feel that homosexual relationships are not right.

I have found however that they can agree to this under a certain set of circumstances...for example.

You have a good paying job with benefits and your sibling/relative or best friend of the same sex does not. You work for a company that recognizes life partners and extends benefits to these partners as well as their dependents.

These same friends see no problem with the same sex union if it is to allow a friend or relative to qualify for benefits.

What do you think?

Are you for or against same sex unions?

Do you feel there should be federal or local laws that prohibit same sex unions?