George Takei: All Humans Are Created Equal | Big Think.

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·Nov 4, 2024

Marriage is a union between two people who love each other, who are committed to each other, who care for each other as the phrase goes, "till death do us part." The opponents of the equality for the LGBT people want to define it strictly as man and woman. The interesting thing is that those unions end up in divorce. The divorce rate is half; the marriages that happen today break up in divorce. That lacks that essential element of a marriage: love that leads to commitment to each other, two people who are committed to each other.

And so, the Supreme Court recognizing that equality for two people who love each other, who may be of the same sex, is a major step forward. Throughout history, we have been expanding equality to more and more people. When the nation was founded, the shining ideas were articulated by our forefathers who kept other human beings as slaves. When they said, "all men are created equal," they meant that literally. Women couldn't vote, couldn't own property, didn't have rights over their own children.

So, equality granted to the LGBT community now is in that American tradition of expanding equality to more and more people.

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