Kate and Allie are back! Now Why Can't There Be Civil Unions?

During the 1980's there was a show that aired for six seasons called Kate and Allie. The show starred two divorce women reuniting after their marriages had ended and created a new unconventional family. The background info on this series can be found here and the WE network is now airing reruns of the 80's show. This television series had me wondering about my future.

I would like to discuss how these two single parents living together and taking part in each other's lives are no different than a gay couple. Even though these two characters have amazing chemistry, I am not saying that they are lesbians. I do find their commitment to each other paralleling a gay/lesbian relationship though. Kate and Allie, bicker, make decisions together, distribute house chores, and interact with each other's children as a couple. My partner and I do all those things that Kate and Allie do, albeit we don't have any children at the moment, but we do live together as though we were "married."

Which brings me to this Civil Union subject. I find the term "married" a little unsettling. The term "Marriage" is a religious term that is being used by the U.S. government and it's insulting because my country was established as keeping religion and state as separate issues. This isn't the case for marriage though. Marriages are only granted to heterosexual couples because they are not living immorally (think Britney Spears & K-Fed, Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley, you get the idea, right?). Recent studies have shown that one in ten people are gay. If this is the case, then how are gay people living an immoral life when they are just being themselves and not harming anyone? The "immoral card" has to be thrown out, it just doesn't make any sense to withhold rights that privileged others can have. I'm also sick of extreme fundamentalists saying that gay marriage is a "slippery slope to bestiality." Really?! Let me ask you this: Can your pet cat, dog, rabbit, or whatever make medical decisions for or with their partner? I didn't think so, and that's what the majority of us "queers" want, basic human rights. Feel free to judge me all you want, but don't you dare take away my rights. So how hard is it to establish Civil Unions in all the U.S. States? In my opinion it shouldn't be hard at all! Everyone, should be entitled to a Civil Union in the U.S. People who want marriages, can have marriages through their churches, but in writing, for the U.S. it should officially be called a Civil Union. Many straight couples are married through the Justice of the Peace. What's so hard to change the name? I'm not asking to be married through a church, in fact I don't want that! I'm not going to force a certain religious order to accept me. I just want my basic rights as a citizen of this country!

I could just keep going on and on about this subject, but I feel it is rather important for me to move on to the next issue that I find important for the public to hear. I will revisit "Human Rights" and "Civil Unions" later on though.