Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
You answered a question with a question and i can answer it with the same question i asked you to begin with. Why change a tradition that a large portion of christians hold sacred? Why arent gay people happy with civil unions? they can be together, they can live together, they get benefits? why arent that happy with that?

Because they want the title "married". The same way christians want that title to remain between a man and woman. Who's right? neither? both?.... so there needs to be a compromise.
Because marriage is both a Christian tradition and a legal status. While they share the same name and roots, they are not the same thing. Gays aren't trying to change the Christian tradition, they are trying to change the legal status definition. That's why you don't see gays protesting church's for not marrying them. In the states where civil unions have been granted, they have not had ALL the benefits of heterosexual marriage. If they did, I personally think many gays would be more willing to compromise on the terminology.