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Piece from Boston Globe online about Gay Marriage. What's your opinion on this?

Asked by autumnofage (465points) May 21st, 2008

“Gay and lesbian couples are entitled to marry, writes Chief Justice Ronald George, but that “does not mean that this constitutional right . . . must . . . extend to polygamous or incestuous relationships.” Why not? Well, because “our nation’s culture has considered the latter types of relationships inimical to the mutually supportive and healthy family relationships promoted by the constitutional right to marry.” So while the bar to homosexual marriage must be overturned because the court considers the public’s opposition to it outdated, the public’s opposition to incest and polygamy is still a good reason to bar them. As one of the dissenters notes, such logic invites a future court to overturn those prohibitions as well.”

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