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Originally Posted by Grotbags

Firstly, heterosexuals cannot have a civil partnership. Civil partnerships are only for same sex couples. That in itself is unfair.

I absolutely take issue with you saying that it is a silly fight for a right. It may seem silly to you, but it wasn't that long ago that it was illegal for people of different races to marry. Doesn't that seem silly now?

It is not about being cool or trendy, it is about being treated equally.

Do we have to get into the semantics of the names? Heterosexual couples can get married at the registry office, sans religious contexts. It's a civil partnership, seeing as it's done through a civil registry office. My parents were united at a civil ceremony.

It's silly to fight for this right in my humble opinion, because it's an issue that extends way beyond the right to get married - and, in my view, it's not something worth fighting for when we're already at a place where homosexual couples are given all the same rights through this method of uniting two people.