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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by vertex-four on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @10:08AM (#15861551)
Some people think it's evolved and some don't, but that's a very good reason to get the Government out of the business of regulating what is a marriage and what isn't - otherwise you're forcing one social group's beliefs on another group.

My getting married - according to my definition of married - doesn't affect you in any way, shape, or form, so why would the Government prevent me from doing so?

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by Nursie on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @01:12PM (#15863378)
I have interacted with people online who seemed to genuinely think that the ability of a same-sex couple, that they have never met and never will, to get married would deeply affect the value of the ongoing relationship they had with their opposite-sex spouse.

I never did get to the bottom of how that was supposed to work.

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