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by 8note 1398 days ago
Isn't this amendment adding an obligation on which lifestyles the state can subsidize though?

If the state should be free to choose, it should be free to choose, not be limited by the constitutional text.

You'll have to explain how gay people being allowed to visit their loved ones on their death beds as a culture war against "the population" though.

Are gay people not part of "the population" ? I'd expect the population to be the set of all people in the country, not some subset that you happen to like

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> If the state should be free to choose, it should be free to choose, not be limited by the constitutional text.

I'm making a distinction between the state and the government. The state also includes people who write and interpret the constitution.

> You'll have to explain how gay people being allowed to visit their loved ones on their death beds as a culture war against "the population" though.

I'm not sure why would you think I'd be against that.

> not some subset that you happen to like

It's not just some subset, it's the overwhelming majority.