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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
Question: If gay marriage was "legal" but churches, insurance companies, etc. refused to recognize the union or give them the same benefits...wouldn't they be able to be sued? Wouldn't this affect Straight people? This couldn't happen in a vacuum. This will affect other people because they will have to do everything from performing the ceremonies to changing policies etc. You may have some ministers being sued because of this. This is ONE way gay marriage affects those who are non-gay.
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equal protection rights under the 5th and 14th Amendment. This would affect people the way people were affected when they were no longer able to legally discriminate against people for other reasons such as race or sex.
True it couldn't happen in a vacuum...but the the thing is that it wouldn't deny anyone else any legal right...states should not have the right to chose which constitutional marriages they recognize no more than the officer should be able to pull the kid's car over because he is ____
fill in the blank___. That isn't a right they have, so to deny them doing it, isn't exactly imposing.
If I have a no black person hiring policy, you can sue me. That is how straight people will be affected by constitutionally recognized same-sex marriages.