Actually, the SJC ruled that Civil Unions did not in fact grant the same legal rights as marriage. Basically, they said that the construct of civil marriage must be the same for everyone. You can't have two "separate but equal" institutions, especially since everyone knows that they aren't equal.
The problem is that any amendment defining a marriage as one man and one woman still violates the SJC ruling and would likely result in ALL marriage being illegal or at least converted into civil unions. The only way around it is to have the U.S. Constitution amended to allow sexual discrimination.
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Date: 2004-03-30 10:12 am (UTC)The problem is that any amendment defining a marriage as one man and one woman still violates the SJC ruling and would likely result in ALL marriage being illegal or at least converted into civil unions. The only way around it is to have the U.S. Constitution amended to allow sexual discrimination.