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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by yummyfajitas on Sunday March 19, 2017 @03:31AM (#13905817)
Laws single out particular people based on preferences all the time, if you define "we won't subsidize/will penalize your choices" as "single out".

Some people prefer to marry men, they can't get singled out. Some prefer to rent a home rather than buy, they do get singled out. Others prefer no health insurance, they also get singled out. Or as it relates to gay marriage, people who prefer to be single get singled out.

The text pretty clearly says you can't pass a law "no voting if you have gay preferences". That's very different from requiring legal privileges for gay relationships.

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by pseudalopex on Monday March 20, 2017 @04:48AM (#13912635)
If >95% of people felt so strongly about renting vs. buying that they wouldn't even try the other, and most people believed this to be innate, housing policy would probably be different.
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