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Correct on both counts. Marriage, and all the benefits provided by the Federal government, isn't a right. You are free to hate anyone you like.
However, what the State and the Feds can't do is violate the Constitution. In this case, the 14th Amendment equal protection clause. There are 1,138 benefits granted to straight married couples. For the Feds or the State to grant special status for whites, blacks, straights, gays or any other subgroup and deny other Americans the same status is a violation of the Constitution's 14th Amendment. The choice is clear; either grant those benefits to everyone or no one. Which do you prefer?
agreed, but "everyone" must include "EVERYONE". you don't get to pick and choose which subgroups "deserve" rights and which don't