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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2013, 12:29 PM Mar 2013

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The BRILLIANT legal argument made by DOMA supporters in the Supreme Court today... [View all]

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Mr. Clement said the federal government has a particularly acute interest in couples being treated equally across state lines. That wouldn’t happen if same-sex couples in states with gay marriage could receive federal benefits, while same-sex couples in other states could not. It was rational, he said, for Congress to treat all same-sex couples the same.

http://stream.wsj.com/story/gay-marriage-supreme-court-hearings/SS-2-193664/

In other words, discriminate against all of them...equally

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The BRILLIANT legal argument made by DOMA supporters in the Supreme Court today... [View all] brooklynite Mar 2013 OP

Yep. As Scalia said, straight people can't be married in a same sex marriage either... Mika Mar 2013 #1

I've got a better idea. Why don't we drop all federal benefits for sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #2

Drop all federal benefits? - Bad Idea OutNow Mar 2013 #3

Yeah, I wish my husband and I had those benefits. n/t BeeBee Mar 2013 #4

Same benefits for all should apply. sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #5

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