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Old 01-14-2010, 12:34 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by timalkin View Post
Equal Protection is not violated because there is no law saying that a homosexual man cannot marry a woman. There is also no law against a homosexual woman marrying a man. As long as a person of any sexual orientation can marry a member of the opposite sex, everyone is being treated equally under the law. Nobody is allowed to marry a member of the same sex, so everyone is being treated equally.

This constitutional challenge will fail. Time to start looking for something else to whine about.
But what about the law preventing a homosexual from marrying someone of their sexual orientation?

You're basically saying they will be treated equally but only if they act against their sexual orientation. How is that being treated equally?

You don't see a problem with that?
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