It would seem that such a judgment can be understood only in a situation in which equality is defined as the ability of every individual to redefine marriage in the manner in which he or she chooses. This notion is presumably not what the Supreme Court was consciously trying to achieve, but there are some obvious questions to ask about the ruling in this regard. Why can marriage not be between one man and two or more women? Why should marriage be restricted to a relationship that is exclusively human? Could the case not be made that to refuse to recognize polygamy or a marriage between a man
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