I am opposed to gay marriage, but I am also opposed to straight marriage. I also oppose bans on gay marriage. But read the whole thing, because it is more compli­cated than that. Marriage is a package deal. Break up the package, and the answers become clear. Marriage combines a constel­lation of legal oblig­a­tions in contract (concerning property, intestacy, finances, parenting, medical decision-​​​​making, &c.) with a set of priv­i­leges* conferred by the state under various mandates and enti­tlement schemes. If we get rid of all the ille­git­imate, welfare-​​​​state junk asso­ciated with marriage, all we are left with is a complex, legit­imate two-​​​​party† contract. As it stands now [ . . . ]

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