User blog comment:Centrist16/SOMETHING EVERYONE MUST KNOW/@comment-25641444-20150811170803/@comment-1045231-20150812185648

Yes. And equal rights is not "forcing it onto others", Viva. That would be being forced into a gay marriage against your will, which isn't what's happening. We're not "forcing unions on you", because you don't have to be in one. The government does have to respect it, though, because one of their duties is to respect equality for all people.