# Why are conservatives obsessed with same sex marriage?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-conservatives-obsessed-with-same-sex-marriage/916156 "2020-07-23T19:57:59Z")
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### Author: ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-conservatives-obsessed-with-same-sex-marriage/916156/92 "2020-07-25T04:54:31Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Thing is it is nothing BUT a legal issue.

Specifically, I don’t agree with the theory of reverse incorporation and I don’t think a state’s denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples necessarily violates the equal protection clause if the legal benefits are made available in some other fashion, eg: a civil union. I made a thread about the underlying issue of due process a couple days ago but nobody took me up.

~Max

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