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It\u2019s not marriage any more than my relationship with my best friend, my grocer, or my brother is marriage.\u00a0 You can\u2019t make any relationship you please\u00a0\u201cmarriage\u201d by an act of Congress.\u00a0 All you do is try to force people who know that it\u2019s not marriage to shut up, knuckle under and be silent about your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[347],"class_list":["post-42731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gay-marriage-is-fiction"],"yoast_head":"\nThe problem with gay "marriage" is simple.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It's not marriage any more than my relationship with my best friend, my grocer, or my brother is marriage.\u00a0 You can't make any relationship you\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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