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Quote by: shield772 IMO, It is a right (one of the first guranteed by the Constitution) simple.
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That's the Declaration, hun.
That's a good starting point, though. If we use it to establish the intent of the government to serve the furtherance of the people's happiness, we come up with a different conclusion than Dirty Name's.
He would have us believe that marriage exists because it is in the interest of the government to protect it. By which he really means the interest of society. His first problem is his difficulty substantiating that claim.
Throwing a wrench further into his sophistic logic is the fact that apparently the Founders intended government to further the people's
happiness to some extent. From this perspective (and when you examine the rights that marriage actually grants) it becomes clear that marriage in our country is about
protecting loving relationships. Now, let's ask if gay and lesbian couples have an equal right to the protection of their loving relationships in our country. The answer, clearly, is
no. Discrimination
is taking place.