" "Marriage" is indeed an important historical development describing the union of a man and a woman - and it is self evident that for the general health of society it must be kept that way. However, the concept of "civil unions" is a viable one as it promotes personal responsibility. In the end, the probable scientific reality is that homosexuality (no matter how desperately one tries to put a positive spin on it) is most likely a neurologically based biological anomaly our society must accept until it it is one day more fully understood. More than likely it will eventually be corrected in the womb - probably by genetic methods - just as a tendency toward diabetes or heart disease or cancer will be. "