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I think they summarise their arguments themselves. For example

"Although the policy arguments for extending marriage to same-sex couples may be compelling, the legal arguments for requiring such an extension are not. The fundamental right to marry does not include a right to make a State change its definition of marriage. And a State’s decision to maintain the meaning of marriage that has persisted in every culture throughout human history can hardly be called irrational. In short, our Constitution does not enact any one theory of marriage. The people of a State are free to expand marriage to include same-sex couples, or to retain the historic definition."

[p. 2 of Robert's opinion, p. 41 of the pdf] http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf



Considering there are plenty of examples of "gay" marriage from thousands of years ago, calling strait marriage traditional seems factually incorrect.

Edit: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1367/gay_marriagenot...


>Considering there are plenty of examples of "gay" marriage from thousands of years ago

That is not true. There are examples in Western Civilization of the acceptance of some homosexual behavior, but not of same sex marriage.

Not even Roman Emperor Hadrian was able to marry his lover.


There are plenty of other examples of far more extreme behavior that was tolerated. So saying a Roman Emperor was unable to marry is clearly wrong ex: Nero.

"Both Martial and Juvenal refer to marriage between men as something that occurs not infrequently, although they disapprove of it." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome


Traditional for the US.




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