I recently found myself in an argument with relative who is a math teacher and devout christian. He uses the typical arguments against same-sex marriage such as "God Forbids it" and "it will just lead to people marrying a tree!". So I grabbed a piece of paper and pencil and decided to put it in terms he could understand. I presented the argument as follows:
The government can not discriminate against individuals based on gender. Therefore in the eyes of the law Man = Woman, if Man = A then Woman = A, therefor A + A = 2A. Follow me so far? Good.
The government also allows marriage between two consenting adults who are not related by blood. Therefore if we say a man and woman who are adults and who are not related can be represented by 2A, then 2A = Marriage. We good so far? (Agreeing to this, he didn't realize I had just won the debate right there, but I continued).
So let's apply this principle to the following scenarios: (After the squiggle of life of course).
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