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Marriage has changed throughout history several times. And if the states are not willing to limit opposite sex couples who can't have children from getting married and/or make it harder for those married couples who do have children from getting divorced and/or also "encouraging" those couples who have children outside of marriage to get married, then procreation cannot be deemed as a valid state interest in marriage.
Incestuous sexual relationships are illegal. For both the genetic issues of children and the fact that many involved some form of undue influence beginning prior to age of consent.
If the only obligation the federal government had was to honor and enforce state marriage contracts per state rules, then interracial marriage and convicts getting married would still be banned by some states.
Family receive benefits and rights for just being family. There has to be a way for adults to choose a person to get those rights of family who isn't otherwise entitled to them plus extra for the mere commitment to share their lives, including expenses.
I accept NONE of that "receive benefits" argument unless you can explain why the "marriage" contrct can then be limitted to include ONLY TWO consenting adult citizens, since a business "partnership" has no such limitations, it may include 3 or even 10 partners. Marriage contracts may also include 'prenuptual agreements' making them essentially a joke as far as "mutual commitment" and sharing lives goes.
As to the point of race and convict status that has NOTHING to do with gender, the thrust of your desired change. It is clearly legal to have 'separate but equal' gender specific restrooms and prisons, seperate but equally funded gender specific college sports programs and even gender specific physical standards for military service, so get off of that gender neutral "rights" nonsense, unless you wish to "go all the way". Gender matters, believe it or not.
As with the point of race and gender that took constitutional action to change the voting rights, not a mere assertion that they were "unfair" to make it become a federal control issue. Convicted felons can still be denied the right to vote.
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