The Destruction of Straightness

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Daldolma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it's complicated. on the state level, many definitions include language that prohibits marriage between anyone other than a man and a woman. federally, with DOMA overturned, there's no restrictive definition, but there are a variety of federal laws that make no sense for homosexual couples as they were written with hetero marriage in mind.

it was a pervasive assumption that permeated through all levels of law

the problem is that all of these laws are recent. as in written in the last 20 years. homophobes redefined marriage to exclude same sex relations. now it's time to undo their damage.