| Benja |
There's a semantic argument where people are against homosexual rights actually answer 'agree' to this question. It goes like this:
"both gay and straight couples should have the same benefits... a man is free to marry a woman, regardless of whether that man is gay or straight, and a man cannot marry another man, regardless of whether they are gay or straight. therefore gay men are treated equally to straight men."
One way to show the argument is flawed, is that it would also apply in a hypothetical inverted world where homosexual marriage was legal and heterosexual marriage was illegal. It would be disingenuous for opponents of gay marriage to claim that they would accept this reasoning when used against them. Clearly in such a world they would be demanding that heterosexual couples had the same rights as homosexual couples. Therefore this semantic argument is fruitless.
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