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1. Civil unions and domestic partnerships do not provide equal protection of the laws (14th amendment)
2. Not being legally married denies the 1100+ federal benefits and protections of marriage to same sex couples. Again not equal protection of the law (14th amendment)
3. Not all rights are enumerated in the constitution. The supreme court has deemed marriage fundamental right in 14 separate cases.
AMENDMENT XIV
SECTION 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
We have laws and legal protections called marriage.
The state can not deny equal protections of the laws without showing how doing so would further a compelling state interest.
Wrong, a civil union can be whatever you want it to be as can a domestic partnership. Marriage is not an equal protection issue it is a state issue no matter how many times you state it. Exactly what benefits do married people have that cannot be provided in a civil union or domestic partnership