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To: Elroy who wrote (155340)	1/29/2011 10:33:53 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541735

Yes, I know it's not legal discrimination. That doesn't mean it isn't discrimination, and I, for one, hate seeing discrimination made manifest in our laws. What you're arguing is that homosexuals don't have the right to marry because that right isn't specifically granted in the Constitution. But I would say that the Constitution guarantees all citizens equal protection under the law, and that's enough. The fact that people are homosexuals doesn't make them special cases whose human rights must be specially granted. Moreover, the Constitution doesn't guarantee heterosexuals the right to marry, either, yet you still believe they have it, right? It's not a question of the Constitution granting a right. It's a question of the Constitution protecting people from institutionalized discrimination. Polygamy is an entirely different matter. No law can or does prevent polygamists from living in whatever way they prefer. It prevents them only from legally marrying more than one other person at the same time. But the prohibition against polygamy (and polyandry) applies across the board, to all citizens, and thus is not discriminatory.