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I don't have time to read your links right now, but as a person who believes in states' rights, I can see why this is a contentious issue. Perhaps there needs to be some referendum among each individual state to decide on what to do. If one state doesn't want to recognize civil unions after a vote has been taken, then it's their constitutional right (Tenth Amendment, maybe Ninth as well) to deny that. Sorry if that offends people, but yes.