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[adwon]

When you say liberal, what does that mean exactly?

As an example of my confusion...

Knowing that there is not a national consensus on 'gay marriage' but that most people have no problem with 'civil unions,' is it liberal to fight to call the contract marriage or to accept it being called a 'civil union' though it is indistinguishable from marriage in all but name?

Of course, I'd like more examples, but this is one that has been on my mind for a while now, so it popped up first.

As a side note, I think that calling all non-religious marriages 'civil unions' might be a fun way to twist the debate and steal some of the GOP's thunder on this issue by confusing them as to what they endorse and what they don't.