As states debate 'gay marriage,' consequences of legalization become clear
Three left-leaning states went in opposite directions May 11 on the issue of "gay marriage," the same day that the firing of a Canadian sports TV personality may have served as a warning against its legalization.
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, a Democrat, signed a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions, making the state the eighth to grant homosexual couples all the state legal benefits of marriage except the title.
In Rhode Island, the state House held a public hearing on a bill that would legalize civil unions, although it faced opposition from both sides -- from conservatives who view it as a stepping stone to "gay marriage" and from liberals who want nothing short of "marriage" itself. Three states have passed civil unions only later to adopt "gay marriage."...
