Trevor's review of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness > Likes and Comments
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I had never thought of it, but it is a very clever solution to what seemed an intractable problem. But then, I suspect it will do little to solve the problem, as really the debate is as much about gay bashing as it is about the sanctity of marriage.
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Mar 22, 2009 01:42pm
The French government created civil unions 10 years ago for gay couples who wanted to legalize their relationships. The law authorizing these unions does not specify that they are only for gay couples. Last year about a third of heterosexual couples who might have opted for marriage chose civil unions instead. Seems like a nice alternative.
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I had never thought of it, but it is a very clever solution to what seemed an intractable problem. But then, I suspect it will do little to solve the problem, as really the debate is as much about gay bashing as it is about the sanctity of marriage.
I honestly don't know what the big fuss is about gay marriage. About 20 or so years ago a guy friend told me that he had met a wonderful man and that they had gone off (I forget where) to get married. I was so happy for them and assumed that gay people could get married, or at least didn't give it much thought. Then all hell broke loose as some US states legalized gay marriage. I still don't get why some people get all worked up about it.
