"Imposing" Equality

Steinglass Thomas Messner et al:

Opponents of same-sex marriage may feel, subjectively, thatsomething would be imposed on them by the state's decision to recognisesame-sex marriages. But what is that something, exactly? It's mucheasier to show how the state is concretely imposing on gays by denyingrecognition for same-sex marriages. In a pluralistic society, you can'tclaim to have been harmed when the state declines to impose yourreligious norms on those who don't share...