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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Read it, and cogitate about the reference to the "incidents" of marriage in the second sentence. And if you think that sentence is unclear, ask yourself why someone drafting an amendment to the Constitution would purposefully make it ambiguous.
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"Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to
require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups."
I read this as permissive not prohibitive.
