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Is SSM a Human Right?

Is SSM a Human Right?

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Unitedwestand13 said:
You are free to discriminate, but not in ways that deprive the legal rights of other people.
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legal rights , are privileges unconstitutional law..

if government grants you a privilege then they are supposed to honor it.......when the government demands "the people" honor their privilege..... then they are creating in essences a right......which they have no authority under the constitution to do.
 
No. Marriage isn't a human right-- it's not even a civil right. Government recognition of your marriage and the corresponding legal benefits are a privilege.

On the other hand, extending this privilege more or less on-demand for straight couples means that equal protection under the law applies; if men are allowed to marry women, women have to be allowed to marry women as well.
 
Korimyr the Rat said:
No. Marriage isn't a human right-- it's not even a civil right. Government recognition of your marriage and the corresponding legal benefits are a privilege.

On the other hand, extending this privilege more or less on-demand for straight couples means that equal protection under the law applies; if men are allowed to marry women, women have to be allowed to marry women as well.
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Personally I agree with you but others have posted where SCOTUS has 'considered it a right' under the 14th amendment. Or another amendment, I forget...mostly because I dont care that much but I do agree marriage is not a right...human or civil. It's a privilege on which the govt confers benefits, status, etc. (But the courts dont really care what I think).

And I agree that SSM is supported by equal protection under the law.
 
ecofarm said:
Like I said. You believe the Founders were lying. Pathetic idiocy.
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No, and you should stop trying so hard to misinterpret what others say, it's getting in the way of actual understanding.
 
Korimyr the Rat said:
No. Marriage isn't a human right-- it's not even a civil right. Government recognition of your marriage and the corresponding legal benefits are a privilege.

On the other hand, extending this privilege more or less on-demand for straight couples means that equal protection under the law applies; if men are allowed to marry women, women have to be allowed to marry women as well.
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a agree except in 1 aspect....a privledge = civil/ legal right...they are created by government.
 
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