Uglysasquatch, ****** Superhero wrote:
You don't receive foodstamps because you don't meet the criteria to receive them, which starts with your income.
Very good. You understand that it's ok to place criteria on benefits and that it doesn't mean that we've violated some kind of equality rule.
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Gays don't meet the requirements for equal benefit from the government because the law won't allow them to marry.
Nope. Gay marriages don't qualify for benefits. That's really it. Your problem (and almost everyone's, so that's no reflection on you personally) is that your very definition of "marriage" includes "receiving government benefits", so you have a hard time understanding what I'm saying. You don't need the government to get married. All the concepts and ideas of marriage exist outside government.
What is denied to gays is that their marriages don't qualify them for special benefits. That's it. Ergo, there is *zero* difference in terms of rights and equality under the law between this and my example of me being denied foodstamps.
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See the difference?
No. I don't.
Do you see why they are actually the same? Adjust your definition of marriage and you'll get it...
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You want to quit your job and get food stamps? Go for it.
Gay guy wants to marry a woman and receive the benefits. Go for it. See! It's the same... Each is a set of benefits, with a set of criteria. You were
this close...