1) Marriage has benefits.
2) Two adults fall in love, get married, and receive those benefits.
Two other adults fall in love, aren't allowed to get married and don't receive those benefits.
3) If one person, couple or group doesn't get the benefits another person, couple or group gets (because of 'differences'), then that's discrimination.
I'm not sure sure where the breakdown in 'logic' is occuring in some of these posts. If you don't agree with #1, then I could see a person thinking "no problem, what's the big deal?". But #1 is demonstrably false. Gilda gave a great (partial) list earlier in this thread. #1 is just simple fact, and I haven't seen anyone argue otherwise.
#2 also seems like simple fact. It stands on point 1, but it's sort of the premise everyone accepts to have this conversation - gay people can't get married.
#3 seems to be where the stickiness is. This also hinges on point 1. It seems people want to argue against point 3, while ignoring point 1. That doesn't really fly, does it?
I'm certainly no master of logic, but this doesn't seem that complicated.
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