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This thread indicates to me just how much laws are meant to enforce hierarchies and systems of power. Social reproduction is certainly something that is legislated and gay marriage is a prime example. This is a moral issue along the same lines that it is a moral issue whether we should give up some of our rights to a society at large to have order. One can argue that those who lose out in this relinquishment of power are a minority and it doesn't matter as long as order is maintained. Others go as far as claiming anarchy or a libertarian bent towards government and laws are the way to go. Typically, most people fall somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.
Personally, I don't see gay marriage as being a threat to anything, nor a moral issue beyond questions of equality and privacy rights. If you're demanding that churches condone gay marriages, that is asking a bit much, but for secularly recognized marriages I see little reason to resist. The social reproduction system is not threatened much by allowing gays to get married.
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