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the G-man said:
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Beardguy57 said:
...it is a human rights issue. It's as simple as that.



But it isn't that simple. If its a "human rights" issue then you're saying that marriage is a "human right" and, therefore, the government may not be able regulate it.

But if the government can't regulate marriage at all, then what's to stop marriages between parents and adult children, siblings, etc?

Understand: from a basic public POLICY point I think there is a lot of validity to a legislatively enacted gay marriage. But calling it a "human right" makes the issue more, not less, complicated in a lot of ways.



I think I agree, actually. It's not a rights issue so much as a 'common decency' issue. The rights can be accorded via a civil union. The equality (which I think is entwined in the desire to actually 'marry') aspect is up to the good graces of the public.

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