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Equality before the law is what is being discussed here.
Of course, I suppose we could go back to using science, religion, or any other rhetorical tool to justify inequity.
I suppose we could go back to justifying that blacks are racially inferior. That way we can get them back on the plantations where they belong.
Women are clearly not as smart or as able as men, I don't know how they managed to get the right to vote, let alone speak their minds in public.
Heck, what is this spurious concept called citizenship? Only the aristocracy, fingered by God, have the right to rule (and tax!).
We live in a secular culture (last time I checked). Religion doesn't (shouldn't) enter into discussions of this nature. Religion has nothing to do with the rule of law (yes, of course our laws have grown out of religious tradition but that has little to no bearing on current day interpretation of law).
Your religion may tell you that homosexuality is a sin. Bully for you! Don't become a practiving homosexual. The key here is that all citizens are supposed to be equal before the law. Those who would fight to discriminate based on something as silly as sexuality need to seriously examine their place in the division of church and state.
I like Mal's approach. Abolish all marriage.
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