If years ago there had been a debate about ending marriage as we know it as an institution and if the debate for everyone was about us all going to a civil union, then I think that debate would have had some merit, but at the eleventh hour to bring in an argument and to rest one's case on the idea that a civil union is going to do it is a really false notion, and I think people see it that way, as simply a rationale and a smokescreen to negate the real issue here, which is about equality in marriage.
Il y a quelques années, un débat sur la question de ne plus définir le mariage en tant qu'institution mais de le définir comme étant une union civile aurait été valable, mais à la onzième heure il me semble frivole d'appeler la notion d'union civile à la rescousse.