Rights are not necessarily "automatically available, no questions asked".
Most "rights" have limits.
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By that logic, it's assumable that the limit of "marriage rights" is the extent of one man and one woman.
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Bearbeitet von Quantum: 4/6/2013 7:34:06 AMAh, no. That is arbitrarily defined, and has no real basis. The limit is not something that you magically want it to be. [b]It is something thought out, discussed, reasoned, etc.[/b] That's the subjective part in the process. The major phase of the gay rights movement in the United States is about to come to an end, anyway, if my assumption on the SC's ruling is correct. When DOMA is overturned, the world will be a better place.
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But then you have to remember that those limits have to be content neutral, and they have to be driven by a compelling state interest. You can't limit speech because of the content, but you can limit it based on time and place. For instance, I can't yell into a bullhorn on the street at 2 a.m., no matter what I'm yelling. For the same reason, the government can limit child marriage, but there's no reason for them to specify that marriage is between one man and one woman.