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Originally Posted by sleepy jack
No that isn't equality because it's terrible logic. You're saying that if the Supreme Court banned same-sex marriage completely (which would be unconstitutional so I have no idea why they would) then we'd all be equal because no one could get same-sex marriage. One of your premises in statement is that heterosexuality is somehow more right than homosexuality and there's no way you can prove that through any sort of logical or rationalization.
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No that's not a premise at all. You are completely missing the point of this and it's not that difficult to grasp. I'm judging this from a completely legal standpoint, which is how the courts should judge it.
Definition: Equality before the law or equality under the law or legal egalitarianism is the principle under which each individual is subject to the same laws, with no individual or group having special legal privileges.
With that out the way and *** marriage being illegal, it is still equal under the law. Each individual is subject to the same laws. No one is allowed to be married to a person of the same sex, no one is allowed to marry someone underage, no one is allowed to marry multiple persons. That is EQUAL by the definition put forward.
You seem to be arguing that a certain group of people are not equal because who they WISH to be married to is not allowed by the set laws, then that argument can be made. But both polygamists and homosexuals fall under that definition. As stated, a polygamist would still not be allowed to marry who they WISH to be married to. If you are going to allow people to marry who they wish, all should be allowed that right so we are equal under the law.