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Originally Posted by DrPhil
In that case, okay. Only on the legal basis.
But a lot of people aren't talking about the legal basis when they discuss this issue or discuss that image posted. They are talking about the interaction between the legal and the social realms. For example, how "separate but equal" clauses keep people from not only being married but from being treated as human beings who are equally protected under the law in other aspects.
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These two things aren't wholly separate, at least in the CA and CT decisions. I don't have a large problem with that (in this instance) - others are free to disagree.
That does not change the fact that there is a massive difference in scale, nor that there is still a potential for comparison.