Gay marriage, continued . . .
Andrew Sullivan refers readers to a virtual exchange on whether marriage is a human right. Norm Geras, defending marriage as a human right, calls it a “liberty right”–something that can’t be prohibited.
Jake has put together one take on this. To me the operative question has more to do with what marriage is than what constitutes a right. If marriage is some kind of spiritual pledge between two people, it’s hard to imagine legitimate state restriction. If marriage is a set of privileges under the law, I have trouble conceptualizes what it would mean for gay marriage (or any kind of marriage) to be a human right. Is the argument that thriving as an autonomous individual requires tax advantages that encourage couple-dom?
Not trying to pooh-pooh the thought, but curious for more reader specification/meditation on why gay marriage should be a human right — as opposed to a legal right — in the United States.
–Sam
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