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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
No one is being discriminated against?
"Sorry, sir, you can't be recognized as having a long-term, monogamous relationship worthy of our blessing because you love a Jimmy instead of a Jenny. If you want to be accepted as such, you need to be less gay."
"But I'm gay."
"Then stop being gay."
"I'll stop being gay if you stop being straight."
"Fair enough, but this means it's impossible for you to ever be married."
"Look, I just want a spouse and a loving family just like everyone else. That's how I was raised."
"Sorry...we don't serve gays here."
Sure....
Marriage is a social act that legitimizes a relationship. By denying gays and lesbians this access, you send the message that the relationship is invalid.
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That's a good non-sequitur, but has nothing to do with what I'm actually written out thus far.
No one is calling their relationship invalid. If anything, we (And I mean society as a hole) deems it to not have the same value to society as a relationship between a man and a woman. Now, if your relationship is only "legitimized" or "validated" by a marriage license, then your relationship was a farce, anyway.