19th June 2003, 2:50 PM
Are you saying that the United States should conquer Canada and force them to conform to our view of marriage? ;)
...not that I wouldn't mind conquering Canada, but it doesn't seem to be the democratic thing to do. Of course, we could convince a majority of the United States that Canada has Weapons of Mass Destruction and that we are liberating Canada from a maniacal Communist government. :D
In all seriousness, the logical train goes like this.
1. Homosexuals have equal rights.
2. Marriage is a right.
3. Denying marriage to homosexuals would break #1.
This has parallels to the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case, which was about an interracial marriage.
1. African Americans have equal rights.
2. To say that African Americans cannot marry Caucasians is to assume that, in the eye of the law, African Americans and Caucasians are not the same
3. To deny marriage to the interracial couple would break #1.
Where it gets confusing is the whole organized religion comes into play. The government cannot force the church to do same-sex marriages, but to declare that same-sex marriages cannot exist would be a blatant contradiction of #1.
...not that I wouldn't mind conquering Canada, but it doesn't seem to be the democratic thing to do. Of course, we could convince a majority of the United States that Canada has Weapons of Mass Destruction and that we are liberating Canada from a maniacal Communist government. :D
In all seriousness, the logical train goes like this.
1. Homosexuals have equal rights.
2. Marriage is a right.
3. Denying marriage to homosexuals would break #1.
This has parallels to the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case, which was about an interracial marriage.
1. African Americans have equal rights.
2. To say that African Americans cannot marry Caucasians is to assume that, in the eye of the law, African Americans and Caucasians are not the same
3. To deny marriage to the interracial couple would break #1.
Where it gets confusing is the whole organized religion comes into play. The government cannot force the church to do same-sex marriages, but to declare that same-sex marriages cannot exist would be a blatant contradiction of #1.