deep said:
two gay people are citizens and should have all rights except this one? why all the other rights? their behavior is no longer illegal? anymore than mixed race dating is illegal anymore
this gets at an important point that bears repeating.
a polygamist might wish to marry many women, but he always has the right to marry one.
a pedophile might wish to marry a 12 year old (and 40 years ago, he could), but he always has the right to marry an adult female.
a beastality person (don't know the noun) might wish to marry a horse, but he always has the right to marry an adult female.
horses and children also cannot consent. neither, i imagine, could a robot.
so this is why it really is a civil rights issue.
a gay person cannot authentically marry a straight person. yes, of course they can get married, and it happens all the time, but there's either a level of sometimes dangerous deception in the relationship (one partner doesn't know), the relationship is headed for painful disaster (think Michael Huffington), or both parties know and the marriage truly is for show (Liza and David Guest). all of these things strike me as a far, far greater threat to marriage than anything else.
what is a gay person to do?