# "Some marriages between consenting adults should be recognized, but not others"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 18, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-marriages-between-consenting-adults-should-be-recognized-but-not-others/704988 "2014-11-18T19:06:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-marriages-between-consenting-adults-should-be-recognized-but-not-others/704988/131 "2014-11-20T22:53:36Z")

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> [@magellan01](#):
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> Reading? Empathy? Using your imagination to craft the best arguments both for and against. Does this really need to be pointed out to you?

“If you don’t know anything about an issue, just make something up, and argue as if it were true.”

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Republican party platform in action.

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