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Originally Posted by Jerrek
Unfortunately, there is not a lot of chance that my libertarian beliefs will become law, so for now, it is either left or right, and if the government has to be involved, I'd pick what is better for society.
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Effectively we agree.
The key thing being, however, that existing legislation already does favour those having undergone some form of civil ceremony. All that gays are asking is that those differences be removed.
The options are to re-visit every other piece of legislation and correct any imbalance or simply accept gay "marriage" as being recognised, only in as much as it relates to those statutes. The latter option therefore makes far more sense if only from a practical standpoint.
End of the day this will end up in the Supreme Court and those states seeking to block the central concept of equality under the law will lose and all these "Protection" laws will eventually be overruled. Least ways that is my prediction.