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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Leorning Cniht: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doc Tor: [qb] Well, certainly a right to family life would include same-sex marriage. IANAL, but it would be a very mild interpretation of the relevant article. [/qb][/QUOTE]...which is where the controversy lies. I'm pretty sure that none of the signatories of the declaration [b]thought[/b] that they were coming out in favour of same-sex marriage by signing it. IANAL either, but I'm sure that the Ls could have a field day over the precise meaning of "men and women" at the start of article 16, and whether it granted those rights exclusively to a man and a woman, or whether "men and women" just means "people". You see the same argument with the US constitution, between people who want to search for the "original intent" and those who want to interpret it in the light of contemporary mores. And the thing about both the declaration of human rights and the US constitution is that they don't tell you what the "right" way is. You and I agree that the right of same-sex couples to marry and have their private lives respected is a human right. But I don't think that you find that right written in the UDHR, and you do. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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