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Originally Posted by martyh
Strictly speaking as far as some people are concerened and depending on their definition of marriage she may be right .Some people feel that a couple cannot be married untill it's been consumated which quite clearly same sex couples cannot do
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Why can gay couples "quite clearly" not consummate a marriage? They can still have sexual intercourse with each other, just not heterosexual sex.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consummate
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3.
to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.
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Originally Posted by danielf
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I saw that earlier on the BBC site. If gay rights are human rights, then perhaps the Administration should try changing things at home as well as abroad. They've made a start by repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", but could (Congress willing [unlikely tbh]) go a lot further by getting rid of DOMA, for instance.