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Well said, Paxton Guymon -- you are exactly right.   I
understand the concept of a constitutional republic and how it
protects the rights of minorities. However, I don't understand
the logic that elevates the discretionary status of marriage to
a fundamental right. People have a fundamental right to live
together as they please. The state has the right to offer
marriage licenses to whom they please, not unlike the dispensing
of driver's licenses if certain criteria are met. The question
is whether the state benefits by restricting marriage to
heterosexual couples. If so, it is within the purview of the
state to do so; otherwise, the equal protection clause dictates
that it cannot (which is why laws against interracial marriage
were overturned).  If Amendment 3 is overturned by the Supreme
Court, what it will mean is that the cour