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[viguy007]

11. We disagree over the use of a word

As in, if the people down the street from you are gay and they want to get married. They can have a Domestic Partnership ceremony and celebration. This can have all the "rights" of a marriage, just the document from the state is a "Certificate of Domestic Partnership." Why fight over the usage of a word as long as the rights are equal.

I agree the government should not be involved except for the legal consequences. Therefore there must be a way a committed relationship is recognized. But there is no reason to call it a marriage.

Another example, a woman has the basic human right of control over her own body. Yet at what point is that group of cells growing in her womb become a human being, entitled to legal rights? Since there is no single scientific answer to this question, it must be left up to the states based on local values. Common sense tells me that if a woman's life or health is in danger, at any point in a pregnancy, the decision have an abortion, is entirely up to her. This includes a pregnancy caused by rape or incest since it impacts a woman's mental health. The right to life of an actual person always outweigh the right to life of a potential person. The state must not interfere with any decision she makes about having an abortion. But other than this, abortion should be subject to state law, not federal law. If a state is too restrictive she can always cross state lines.