SOC 201 Chapter 9: Chapter 9.11
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Couples choose not to have children), opponents respond by appealing to the belief that such homosexual unions are immoral by their very nature either because they are against god"s law or because they are contrary to nature. [the minnesota statute] which governs marriage employs that term as one of the common usage, meaning the state of union between persons of the opposite sex. It is unrealistic to think that the original draftsmen of our marriage statutes, which date from territorial days, would have used the term in any different sense. The term has contemporary significance as well, for the present statute is replete with words of heterosexual import as husband and wife and bride and groom. We hold, therefore, that [the minnesota statute] does not authorize marriage between persons of the same sex and that such marriages are accordingly prohibited.
