I believe there is an advocacy for marriage over civil union because gays simply want to stop being alienated from society. I consider marriage to be not just a rite of religion but more so a rite of humanity. If those belonging to a specific demographic that were once considered second class citizens can now excercise the same rights as everyone else, I simply don't understand why the line stops at homosexuality. The religious right in this country would rather dehumanize the concept of gay marriage by limiting it at a civil unity because these fundamentalists view homosexuality as less than human. I say let them marry, let them integrate, let Obama win and give these people the political backing to achieve what needs to be done to let our country evolve and integrate with the rest of the world.