PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Prima Facie, Inclusive Democracy, Heterosexuality
1 Sep 2020
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If this assumption is true, then we can see why anything less than full same-sex marriage is. Separate and unequal. commitment ceremonies, private contractual arrangements, and registered domestic partnerships are just not as familiar and well understood as marriage. When the right to marry is properly specified, in its genuine, unabridged form, as the right tot get married to the person who wishes to marry you, it is clear that not everyone has this right. Those who wish to marry members of the opposite sex have it, while those who wish to marry members of the same sex do not. Prima facie, this is a violation of minimal equality, and so an unjust form of discrimination. Sexual intimacy is typically an integral part of marriage. So gay and lesbian people have no hope of forming a satisfactory marriage except with a member of their own sex.
