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What's Wrong With Accepting Same-Sex Civil Unions “Compromise”?

“We are concerned with proposals to give same-sex couples identical benefits and protections to those given to husbands and wives that pose a grave threat to religious liberty and the freedom of conscience.”
Boston's Archbishop Sean O'Malley - March 2004

“Do not give them (homosexuals) anything: do not give them gay marriage, same-sex civil unions, gay adoption, any of these things, because these things are enabling them to remain trapped in this lifestyle.”
Former homosexual and now traditional marriage advocate Stephen Bennett

“Civil unions are a Trojan horse for gay marriage — and more. They are just gay marriage by another name”
Robert Knight of Culture and Family Insititure

“Legal guarantees, analogous to those granted to marriage, cannot be applied to unions between persons of the same sex without creating a false understanding of the nature of marriage.”
Pope John Paul II, Sept 2004

Articles on Civil Unions

*	Bishops: Civil Unions No Way – “Protecting Marriage Is More Than Preserving A Name”	June 24/05
*	Lawyers' Group Warns Civil Unions is Capitulation, not Compromise on Gay "Marriage"	April 26/05
*	Don’t Waste Your Time Thinking about ‘Civil Unions’ Says Prominent Defender of Marriage	Feb. 15/05
*	Pope Tells Canada: Be Reasonable — Marriage is Only Between a Man and a Woman	Sep. 07/04
*	Gay Civil Unions "Grave Signs of Dehumanization" Says Vatican Cardinal Trujillo	Nov. 30/04
*	Boston Archbishop O'Malley Says Gay 'Marriage' and Civil Unions Pose Grave Threat to Religious Liberty and Freedom of Conscience	Apr. 11/04
*	Virginia Passes Veto-Proof Ban on Homosexual Civil Unions	Jun. 21/04
*	LifeSite Interviews Former Homosexual Stephen Bennett on Marriage Amendment	Jan. 30/04
*	A Counterfeit Compromise	Jan. 09/04
*	When You Hear the Term “Civil Unions”, Think of Czechoslovakia	Mar. 04/04
*	Tom and Huck on Civil Unions	Nov. 15/04
*	Archbishop Burke Instructs Catholic Voters: "It would be wrong to give institutional recognition to same-sex relationships"	Jul. 16/04
*	Voters in 11 States Ban Homosexual "Marriage" Despite Massive Media Bias	Nov. 03/04
*	UN Announces it Will Recognize Homosexual Civil Unions and Unmarried Heterosexual Partnerships	Mar. 08/04
*	Virginia Expands Ban on Homosexual "Marriage" to Include Civil Unions	May 26/04
*	Canada Catholic Bishops Plenary Council Neutral on Homosexual Unions	Sep. 10/03
*	U.S. Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee Opposes Homosexual 'Civil Unions'	Sep. 10/03
*	Catholic Bishops of England and Wales Reject Proposal for Homosexual Civil Unions	Oct. 02/03
*	Quebec OKs Homosexual 'Marriage' in all But Name	Jun. 10/02
*	Majority of Canada's People of Faith Oppose Any Compromise on Traditional Marriage	Dec. 16/03
*	Massachusetts Court Rules Homosexual 'Marriage' a Must — 'Civil Union' Not Enough	Feb. 04/04
*	Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted's Third Column on the Catholic Position on Homosexuality	Jun. 10/04
*	Canadians would Vote to Eliminate Gay "Marriage" Too if given the Chance	Nov. 04/04
*	Pope Tells Bishops to Make Known Full Teaching of Church on Defence of Marriage	Sep. 13/04
*	Catholic Group Wonders "Why the Compromise on Homosexual Civil Unions?"	Sep. 08/03
*	Civil Union Leads to Battle Over Child	Aug. 11/04
*	Liberal MP Warns that Same-Sex Union Compromise Strategy "Won't Work"	Aug. 28/03
*	Toronto Region Muslim Leader Explains Muslim View on Same-Sex Unions	Aug. 28/03
*	National Pro-Life Organization Warns Homosexual 'Civil Unions' Little Different than Granting 'Marriage' to Same-Sex Couples	Aug. 21/03
*	Paul Martin and Chretien Agree: Yes to Gay 'Marriage', No Civil Unions Strategy and No Use of Notwithstanding Clause	Aug. 19/03
*	Cauchon Says 'Equality' Demands Homosexual Marriage, Not Civil Unions	Aug. 19/03
*	"Civil Union" Proposals Gain Strength as Polls Find Majority of MPs Against Homosexual "Marriage"	Aug. 15/03
*	Majority Against Blessing Gay Unions	Aug. 15/03
*	Canadian Government Considering Substituting Homosexual "Civil Union" for "Marriage"	Aug. 12/03
*	New Zealand To Debate Civil Unions for Homosexuals	Jul. 17/03

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