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Quote by: Waychel This is not an issue of morality, religion or descrimination; it is an issue of purely legal context. Marriage as recognized by law ultimately comes down to one thing: the protections and interests awarded to both parties in the event of divorce. The moment that we introduce a change of genders or numbers to the legal definition of marriage is the moment that we begin to infringe upon, disown or abuse the protections currently awarded by marital law to heterosexual couples. I'm no legal expert, but one would think that this would mean the entire revision of marriage and divorce law as a whole. Most of these rights relate to the social roles played by couples within heterosexual relationships. |
It is about equal treatment under the law. There was a time when marriage between races was illegal. The reason why it was removed was because such laws are unconstitutional. Our constitution demands equal treatment under the law. There should be no special treatment because you are a man or a woman. There should be no special treatment because you married a man or a woman. If the government is going to hand out formal recognition of a family then it has no right in discriminating against one couple verses another based on race or sex. I would think that every woman in the world would understand the concept of equal treatment under the law and be offended when people were not getting equal treatment.
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