# How to respond:  Gays CAN marry - as long as spouse is opposite sex, like straights!

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 3, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-respond-gays-can-marry-as-long-as-spouse-is-opposite-sex-like-straights/185919 "2003-07-03T01:23:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-respond-gays-can-marry-as-long-as-spouse-is-opposite-sex-like-straights/185919/21 "2003-07-03T19:21:30Z")

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**rjung** : I knew two people in LA who were doing just that. (Actually, I think it was a common-law marriage, but similar circumstance.) Apparently they were saving a bundle on their taxes.

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**Author:** ![nisosbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-respond-gays-can-marry-as-long-as-spouse-is-opposite-sex-like-straights/185919/22 "2003-07-04T03:10:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \*  
> \*\ ***Nisosbar,** I’m a little confused. Are you on a particular side of this debate, or did you just toss the question into the ring to see what we all thought of it? Are you just looking for answers to give to people who believe gay people should marry opposite-sex partners, or do you yourself believe they should? \*\*

I totally support gay marriage. I asked the question because it’s a tough one which I believe requires a two-fold answer. But I wanted to see if I’m missing something in my reasoning.

If I were the lawyer arguing FOR gay marriage, and wanted to address this issue, I would have to be prepared, and I guess one of the issues I would raise is that it discriminates according to gender, and also I would raise the invalidation of the miscegenation laws, in which the Court said that the choice of partner is beyond the jurisdiction of the State. So, it’s not easy to answer.

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