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Originally Posted by mr. macaque
requiring srs does seem to be an arbitrary way of defining gender for the purposes of marriage. but let's not forget that america is a democracy, and if more than half of the electorate defines marriage as only between a (genetic) woman and a man, then that's that.
i take a zen-like approach to these kinds of questions...progress comes very slowly in our world...
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Fortunately I live in a country where any person is allowed to marry the person of his or her choice. Naturally there are limits on this such as not being able to marry someone under a certain age and not being able to marry a close blood relative; i.e. brother, sister, mother, father etc.