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Anonymous Coward - I agree that the gay community uses the term 'marriage' because they want the same acceptance of their unions in mainstream society as heterosexaul couples. However the term marriage has legal implications. Gay people want to be treated equally under law with heterosexual people. Some would argue this is not an unreasonable request. For instance the rights to property that one heterosexual partner has if the other partner dies do not apply to gay couples. These rights are defined in law as rights due to marriage. Hence the gay movement uses the term 'marriage' in describing these rights. Your definition of marriage does not include this legal side. But thats what the gay community is trying to describe. So they have to use the term 'marriage'.
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