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Originally Posted by daswig
It's a matter of special privilege. The marriage laws are written in a non-discriminatory manner. Sexual orientation is immaterial. Any man (straight or gay) who is legally able to marry can marry any woman (straight or gay) that can legally marry and that agrees to it. There's been a long history of homosexuals who have done just that.....married people of the opposite sex, for whatever reason. Many of them have indeed had children as a result of the marriage.
Now if the law said "only straight men can marry women, as long as they are straight, too", THEN there's be a discrimination issue. But that's not the case.
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You're all over the place in this thread. I can't tell what your position is other than some generic form of opposition. Whenever you're asked to address one point that you have made, you switch to an altogether different point - as if adding a new point bolsters one of your older points.
Of course, each of your points has had numerous weaknesses. Such as this latest one, where the laws are not discrminatory because gay people can marry someone of another gender. This is clearly absurd, one need only look at your interpretation of the law and then apply it to brother and sister - techincally they should be allowed to marry according to how you read the law, but they are not. So your reading of the law is incorrect. It is obvious that marriage is meant to be provided for strong relationships - just look at INS, a marriage with a foreigner is constantly reviewed by the INS in order to ensure that the relationship is serious and not simply convenience. In your interpretation of marriage laws, the INS would have no business making such judgements: marriage need not be about relationship. Since your interpretation is not the interpretation of the gov'ts, it becomes clear that prohibiting gay marriage is indeed discrminatory - a gay person, if they want to be married, is forced to accept a relationship with someone that they are, naturally, not strongly attracted to.
So again, your latest in a number of poor excuses is invalid. When are you going to address your first post, or do you expect it should simply be forgotten?