I disagree with the American Civil Liberties Union that only individuals have rights, not societies. Living together is a social right -- the right of free association. Marriage is not a social right, not to mention that it is not a Constitutional right. Issues of social policy must follow from principles, and we're still discussing the principles here, so I will not give a more complete answer. And I will avoid posting other legitimate questions that follow from principles.

But as a matter of pure logic if I think that two women should not marry and two men should not marry, gender is not the basis of my discriminating, sexual preference is.

30 August 1996. Copyright information is available.