Troublemaker - Hehe. I caused a bit of controversy this morning by posting the following question to a gay alumni listserve:

Anyone else think civil unions might actually be preferable to gay marriage, because a separate institution acknowledges the "unique qualities" of gay relationships vis à vis straight ones?

(Drew's perspective notwithstanding.)

UPDATE: The NYTimes investigates what's in a name. It reports that among the surprising "solutions" proffered in the Massachusetts debate are (1) changing the name of all state-sanctioned unions to something other than "marriage" or (2) getting the state out of the sanctioning business entirely. (A sort of "massive resistance" to same-sex marriage, I guess?)