martybegan
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Once again...slowly...the law...grants the privilege of a married tax return to...opposite-sex couples... by law. That is the key part. The law. "Equal protection of the laws". That the law denies a married tax return to...same-sex couples...means same-sex couples...do not have equal protection of that law.
That is all they are asking for! Right now, DOMA denies the recognition of a same-sex couple's marriage contract.
That is why DOMA has been struck down.
The law is not denying you marriage or the privilege of filing a married tax return if you marry someone of the opposite sex.
This should be blindingly obvious.
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If we go by your logic I am denied equal protection under the law because I cannot divide my income in half and then claim to file as married. I am denied a benefit someone else has due to my single status.
If it all about taxes why dont we just eliminate that part of the tax code?
Work for it....taxes need to be simplified anyways. But until that day, inequality is inequality.
It was inequality when race was used as a determination to decided certain men couldnt marry certain women, because men and women could already marry.
Peronsally I dont care who buggers who, but Marriage has always involved people of the opposite sex, and in this country between two people only.
If you go with the equal protection argument, how can you ban polygamy, polyandry, or plural marriages?
What people who want the equivalent of marriage for same sex people have to do is come up with thier own damn contract, and get the states to recognize it alongside marriage. Call it "blarrige" or whatever.