Court Challenge to PA Marriage Statute

[heythere]

May I take a second to point out one fact?

ALL adults have the exact same rights re: marriage. The restriction is placed on whom he or she may legally marry. That restriction is in place for everybody (not counting the states that have allowed and recognized marriage between same sex partners), ergo, no discrimination based on sexual orientation in the case of marriage (technically, anyway).

A gay man is no more barred from entering a legal marriage than a straight man.

OP, I already know what your response will be to my statement and, for the record, I agree with you. I fail to see how 2 people who love and support each other being recognized as legally married will bring the downfall of all civilization.

I'm just throwing that fact out there.

Actually I agree with you. This is not a question of sexual orientation, but rather a question of sex.

 

[heythere]

Actually, all unmarried adults have the exact same rights re: marriage.

Here's another question: If the equal rights amendment passes (It's been reintroduced), would that eliminate all bans on same sex marriages?

Well the ERA has been reintroduced every Congress since the deadline to ratify it passed. It has virtually no momentum at this point in time.

But I know that the argument exists that it would legalize same-sex marriages. I'm not sure how much legal merit that argument has, but it's there.

How about this argument:

My argument is:

Dick and Jane do not have the same rights to marry Tom, because of their sex.

Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't even discovered that provision. I need to think on this for a little bit to flesh it out, but on the surface your argument is a persuasive one (to me, anyway).

Please, let's discuss it further.