same-sex marriage

is a recognition that relationships are about more than gender. After all, Valentine's Day cards generally do not read 'my favorite thing about you is that you're the opposite sex.'

This is also ridiculous. I don't know much about straight couples. But I'm pretty sure they don't give Valentine's Day cards that say, 'My favorite thing about you is that you're the opposite sex.' If we're talking about the 'fundamental core' of marriage, well, a relationship is about a little bit more than just gender.

is no more analogous to polygamy than is heterosexual marriage. One could easily ask 'doesn't straight marriage lead to polygamy'' and go on to suggest that it is a reason for why straight people shouldn't be allowed to get married.

These are questions that could be answered, but polygamy simply isn't at issue in this case. In part because plural marriages are just as heterosexual as they are queer. You could easily ask, 'Doesn't straight marriage lead to polygamy'' And that's why straight people shouldn't be allowed to get married.

is not at all analogous to polygamy insofar as recognizing polygamy would require a sweeping reconfiguring of custody laws, divorce laws, laws concerning disagreements among spouses over medical care in cases of emergency.

Speaking of Alito, during this most recent argument, he brought up polygamy as a reason to deny marriage equality. He asked, in essence: If we're going to let gays and lesbians get married, why not groups of people' This comes up a lot, and it can be a hard question to answer. But the easiest response is that plural marriage is just way more complicated, so it's a much larger shift than simply letting gays and lesbians marry. For example, if one member of the group divorces, do any of the remaining spouses get child custody' If there's a disagreement over medical care in an emergency, which spouse has more authority'

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