Here in Illinois, the Democrats in the State Legislature approved the Civil Unions act, which is great, because, now my wife and me can abandon our illegal lifestyle and be unionized. Which is great news. I mean, heck it would be nice to be married, since we got married 12 years ago, buuuuut..... HEY! The Illinois Legislature did something EVEN BETTER!
It passed the Religious Freedom and Civil Unions Act, so that religious institutions can define for themselves what the word "marriage" means. And, hey, I'm Jewish, and the Reform Synoguages of America recognizes that marriage is marriage, regardless of the genders of the people involved in them.
So, no longer does SOME OTHER RELIGION get to dictate to MY RELIGION that THEY MUST DISCRIMINATE just because the OTHER RELIGION is homophobic!
So, next year, God willing, I will get married, in my synoguage, to my wife. What a nice Hannukah Gift!
Thank you, Democrats in Illinois!
p.s., to the National Dems... since you're not going to be in power again any time soon, why not just stand up, just this once, for what's right, and say that EQUALITY is an American value, and let gays have the same rights that straights do? I mean, just a thought.