Many complained about the slowly advancing governmental process of changing partnership into marriage, especially as the two types of unions were already essentially the same and many considered the change inevitable and natural. Supporters said there is no validity in the argument that same-sex marriage would threaten opposite-sex marriage because a gender-neutral marriage law would have no greater impact on society than the partnership law and argued it was simply a matter of principle and equality. For the opposition, they saw it as a threat to the symbolic value of marriage.
Many people criticized the slow process of changing legal partnerships into marriages, arguing that both were essentially the same and the change was inevitable. Supporters countered by saying there was no reason for concern about same-sex marriage because a gender-neutral law wouldn't have any more impact on society than the current partnership law and argued it was simply a matter of equality. Opponents saw it as a threat to the traditional meaning of marriage.