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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those are legal arguments, not arguments against letting consenting adults exercise their right to marriage as they wish.[/quote]
Marriage from a governmental perspective is only about legal arrangements.[/quote]

Then why is government standing in the way of marriage equality for all?  Why ONLY 2 people?  Where in the constitution does it state marriage is limited to only 2?[/quote]

Because while many of our legal structures are easily adapted from heterosexual marriage to homosexual marriage, it may be far more complicated to modify those structures to handle plural marriage. Mostly those concepts are related to what happens when the relationship ends - how are assets distributed, how is responsibility for child rearing handled (you think custody battles are bad now, think about what they will be like with multiple mothers and fathers), who gets to make life/death medical decisions (Terri Schaivo case on steroids), how are Social Security and other benefits allocated? Etc.

These are all logistical questions that can be solved, but they are complicated questions. [/quote]

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