AN ARGUMENT AGAINST CIVIL UNIONS
P1. Any artificial creation of the state which deinstitutionalizes marriage should be rejected
P2. Civil unions exclusively between unrelated same-sex couples are an artificial creation of the state which deinstitutionalize marriage
C. Therefore civil unions exclusively between unrelated same-sex couples should be rejected
CONSERVATIVE COMMENTARY
Civil unions are formally-recognized unions, presumed to be sexual, between two people of the same sex. Civil union laws weaken the social expectation to marry before a sexual relationship:
- If civil unions are presumed to be sexual and approved by the state, then this enshrines in law that marriage is not required for sex
- If civil unions are approved by the state then this enshrines in law that marriage isn’t for everyone