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Originally posted by sgtclub
I think you have correctly pointed out a deficiency in the drafting, but not in the intent.
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"Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. 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."
If you guys are right, isn't the entire second sentence superfluous? The only way a state or federal law could be construed to require that the legal incidents of marital status be conferred on unmarried couples is if a legislature, state or federal, tried to permit civil unions.
