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Listen to the name of the act-- the Defense of Marriage Act
And then compare it with what the Act is actually about. Is it about adultery and divorce ? Is it about encouraging marriage ? No. It isn't about defending marriage at all. The name is a lie. What you are actually saying here is "believe the lie".
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The only one imposing their morality on anyone, as it were, seems to be the opposing side. At most, people are abrogating the proposal. Since marriage has always been defined as between a man and a woman, the imposition is all on the other side of the table-- and as if it were Christianity making up these rules. This has been the way it is since the dawn of mankind. You can't very well implicate Christians as the sole proprietor.
Of course that isn't really true. There are many, many different social arrangements. Even modern marriage is greatly different from other institutions called marriage. Even if you look at the Bible you can see polygamous marriages, concubines, levirate marriages and more that simply isn't recognised in American society (or most of it).
The real issue here is that gays and lesbians do form partnerships, equivalent to
modern marriages. Some of them have children (from previous marriages or adoption or other means). Why should they not have the rights associated with modern marriages ? It's not for any valid secular reason. It's because of prejudice against gays and lesbians.
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