The broadness of it makes sure that there are no civil unions either. The part of the amendment that says "marriage or the legal incidents thereof" takes that into account. Any domestic partnership or civil union or anything like that will be made invalid by the FMA because they confer "the legal incidents" of marriage.
it says that nothing but marriage will ever be recognized at the federal level for the benefits of marriage.
It is pure unpolished discrimination.
When the government makes the law meaningless for us by applying it unequally, then we have no reason to respect the law or the government. But before it gets that far there is a lot of work to be done first; this battle is far from fought and the war not nearly over.
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