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So child molesters are okay with her? (feddit.org)

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Personally I don't give a shit what it's called. Calling the legal aspect something else would shut down the resistance from the religious whackjobs that are hung up on the word marriage and the fact that it doesn't fit whatever their religions definition of it is.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Eh, they don't get to win. I care what it's called because that's the word for it in English. Letting them win means that they'll just advance to saying that the government shouldn't be encouraging what they disagree with.
When people proposed "civil unions" as the alternative to gay marriage it shut up exactly zero of the nut jobs. When gay marriage was legalized they started arguing about how you can't force them to make cakes.

Appeasement doesn't work. Get petty and make the nutters defend everything they've got twisted around in their heads. Care about the word if for no other reason than it makes them pissy.