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The Corner on National Review Online
This story suggests that the next prime minister of Canada is likely to pull back from the government’s attempt to impose gay marriage on the country as a whole. Paul Martin, the man in line to be the new prime minister, is hinting that he may propose civil unions instead. Of course, Vermont-style civil unions–which are marriage in all but name–would still represent a serious setback for institutional marriage.

What does he mean by a serious setback for institutional marriage? Is there any conceptual framework in which this doesn't zip past "stupid" at about Warp 3?