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In reply to the discussion: Gay people can have multipartner relationships too. [View all]Tatiana La Belle
(152 posts)whether feelings are inborn or not.
This is an article by Jonathan Turley:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trouble-with-the-dignity-of-same-sex-marriage/2015/07/02/43bd8f70-1f4e-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html
Like many people at the Supreme Court last month, I was deeply moved by the historic ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges recognizing the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry. At such a transcendent moment, it is difficult to do anything but celebrate the triumph of what Justice Anthony Kennedy called the dignity and profound hopes and aspirations of the many loving couples who had been denied the recognition of marriage.
But Kennedys moving language was more than just aspirational thoughts on dignity. He found a right to marriage based not on the status of the couples as homosexuals but rather on the right of everyone to the dignity of marriage. The uncertain implications of that right should be a concern not just for conservatives but also for civil libertarians. While Obergefell clearly increases the liberty of a historically oppressed people, the reasoning behind it, if not carefully defined, could prove parasitic or invasive to other rights. Beware the law of unintended constitutional consequences...
I'm not a lawyer but Turley is, and if he's right, it doesn't matter what your status is (race, sexual orientation, gender). Everyone deserves the dignity of marriage.