Gunny
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No one is denying that interracial marriage as allowed in the 60s was between a man and a woman. That is why this is an analogy.
Analogy: noun. a comparison between one thing and another made to explain or clarify.
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An analogy doesn't depend on the actual similarity between components of distinct circumstances, but on the relation of these components to one another. Just like the ban on interracial marriages did not provide equal rights to mixed race couples, the ban on gay marriage doesn't provide equal rights to gay couples. If the mixed race question were the same as the gay question, it would cease to be an analogy, it would be identical.
There is NO analogy. You are comparing apples to oranges. Race is scientifically proven to be hereditary. The only actual proof of homosexuality is behavior. The former inherent and not a choice, the latter a choice.
I see you cherrypicked definitions until you found one you liked.
Analogy:
1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.
2. similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between your problem and mine.
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Analogies compare similarities. The similarity does not exist in the reason for deny gay marriage and denying interracial marriage.
So much for that.
Again, gays are denied no rights anyone else is. A special law that caters to a behavior is exclusive to that behavior, and in fact gives gays MORE rights than heterosexuals or any other group that wishes special legislation based solely on their behavior.