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Originally posted by Halx
I don't have much to add except to tie in a thread that I previously posted regarding fascism. By definition, to deny gays the right to marry would be a step closer to a fascist state.
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I disagree to some extent, for a couple of reasons. First, you and I can, right now, get married. There's nothing stopping us from inviting witnesses and exchanging rings and vows in front of a willing pastor/rabbi/priest of whatever religion.
Secondly, this isn't about a fascist government robbing a group of people of their "right to marry" (where in the bill of rights is that, btw?). It's about the government overstepping its bounds and becoming entwined with defining a purely social institution. Even by recognizing gay marriages the government would still be wrongly involved with marriage in the first place. So, by not recognizing same-sex marriages the government is not any more fascist than before. Instead, get it out of marriage completely.
I'll be waiting patiently for my ring.
