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Race is an abstract concept as well.
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No, race is quite biological. Colour of skin, shape of eyelids, whatever -- these are all things that are determined by DNA. Marriage is not.
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And the pigeonholing of a particular set of races is an abstract concept. Especially since there are black people who are whiter then some white people. How do we draw the line at what consistutes a particular race?
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But a white employee and a black employee is the same. There is no tangible difference.
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And I would claim that a same-sex and opposite sex couple are the same, and to deny one couple the right to happily marry is clearly discriminatory.
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They are not the same.
A same-sex couple can not breed like a married couple can. And once the married couple has reproduced they can raise a child in an environment with both a male and female influence.
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And homosexuals are not denied the right to marry. They can marry, just not a person of the same sex.
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There used to be a time in the US where white people weren't legally allowed to marry blacks. They used the same reasoning at the time..."You can marry anyone you want, just of your same race." One day, years from now, you're going to look back on the statement you just made and think it's just as absurd as a white not being permitted to marry a black.
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To relegate homosexuals' fight with marriage to blacks' fight for equality in the US is an insult. Homosexuals are trying to redefine a word. Redefining that word isn't going to make a lick of difference to their lives. Blacks had to fight for basic human rights in the US. What they fought for dramatically changed their lives.
There was also no black-white union, with equal rights, for interracial couples. Besides there is no inherent difference between a interracial married couple and a married couple from the same race.