Re: Germany moves to ban Scientology
Well I guess you and I will have to agree to disagree upon our interpretations of words such as 'rights', 'benefits', and 'discrimination'. When a large segment is denied access to benefits and rights (ie. survivorship and the like) on the basis of gender, orientation, race, etc, that is discrimination. While it's true that anyone can marry today, they must do so in a heterosexual format. Confining homosexuals to a heterosexual relationship in order to receive equal treatment is absurd. Demanding that homosexuals marry for benefits instead of love is demanding that homosexuals devalue the concept of marriage which is more than the accumulation of benefits.
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