Rhode Island Civil Unions. Is the Good the Enemy of the Perfect?

Rhode Island will have civil unions, but marriage advocates are not celebrating. They see this as a "less than" approach, an untenable compromise, and they are right.
 
Office-holders are touting this as "incremental progress" that will lead to a later, better outcome. They may be right, too.

I say, in classic "Let's Make a Deal" fashion, "Take the Civil Unions." Nothing is nothing, and if this doesn't go through, any marriage bill is likely to collect dust on the shelf. Not good enough? Certainly. Progress? Yes.