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The fact that it isn't spelled out as a fundamental right as a union between a man and a woman is the issue.
Exactly my point. Heterosexual marriage is not a right thus the states should be able to regulate the institution of marriage. Much like they do drivers license. Driving isn't a right and neither is marriage. We are bastardizing the word right.
the state can deny you the privilege to drive. The state can not deny two consenting heterosexual adults from marrying. So if that is the case, there is a legitimate argument as to why it is unjust to deny two consenting homosexual adults from marrying.
Now, as a conservative, if you can tell me how two men/women marrying will affect your life, then there is an argument......but if it doesn't affect your life, then, as a conservative, why should you care?
Sure, I respect the religious rights position that it interferes with their religious definition of marriage...although I do not agree....but I am not religious so it is not fair for me to say they are wrong in their thinking.
But for true conservatives that are not ideological from a religious standpoint, I do not understand the argument....for true conservatives should not care what their neighbor does as long as it does not interfere with their own lives.
My position. You will not change it.
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