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Old 11-20-2008, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat View Post

If a state court agrees with that argument, it is not a long trip to the next lawsuit: the state issues marriage licenses and recognizes the marriages of two people. The state does not have a sufficiently important interest in limiting marriage to only couples. Because the state does not have a sufficiently important reason for so doing, the equal protection provision of the state constitution forbids the state from limiting marriage to couples and requires the state to recognize marriages between three (or more) people.

The last argument might not win. But I have no doubt it will be brought in a court somewhere.
Yes, there is always going to be a line in the sand... but I think the key difference that strikes it apart is monogamy.
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