saintmichaeldefendthem
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You have a serious reading comprehension problem. What Loving v Virginia was plainly stating was the law had to have a rational basis for excluding certain groups from marrying.They are being told which gender they cannot marry. That is gender discrimination.Because no gender is being told they can't marry.
No different than being told what race you have to marry.
Your argument is as stupid as when interracial marriages were illegal and some bigoted idiot (redundant phrase) like you would say, "No race is being told they can't marry."
What's stupid is your knee jerk dumbing down understanding of Loving V Virginia. The decision wasn't based on people not being able to marry another race, it was based on the law being applied unequally, utilizing racial discrimination:
"There is patently no legitimate overriding purpose independent of invidious racial discrimination which justifies this classification. The fact that Virginia prohibits only interracial marriages involving white persons demonstrates that the racial classifications must stand on their own justification, as measures designed to maintain White Supremacy".
This is why it doesn't compare to marriage laws that don't discriminate and are applied equally to all people. Now you know.
Or not.
None of you bigots have ever provided a rational basis for excluding gay marriage from equal protection of the laws, and I can guarantee you the Supreme Court is going to say the same thing when it finally makes a decision.
The law didn't exclude any group from marrying. Do you even know what the case was about?
Close your eyes and touch your finger to your nose. I want to see if even basic concepts are a struggle for you.