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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
First off, did you even bother to read my post-- At all???
You're conveniently ignoring the fact that you're basing your argument off a false premise. Twice I've mentioned suspect classifications and how they relate to gay marriage yet twice you've ignored it. Per chance, do you know what a suspect classification is?
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Absolutely. It's a legal term that means basically that when the government writes laws that favor one group of individuals over another, the disfavored group may be a "suspect classification" and the government carries the burden of proving that such discrimination has a compelling state interest, under strict scrutiny for race, and intermediate scrutiny for gender.
In other words, if you're going to write laws that discriminate, you have to prove that they're necessary. It's a limitation on the power of the government to discriminate against minorities with little or no political power.