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Re "Same-sex marriage: Law should be consistent in all states" (Our View, Sept. 26):
There are two main objections to same-sex marriage. One is the conservative objection: The concept of marriage applies only to man and woman, but that doesn't mean that same-sex couples shouldn't have equivalent civil and legal rights as committed couples. Marriage is much more than a mere legal institution, but the legal part of it should be available to gays.
The other is the mean-spirited objection: Same-sex couples should not share the same civil and legal rights as married couples, because only opposite-sex couples should have those rights. Homosexuality is wicked and disgusting. Gays should have no rights at all.
I hold the first view. How many of us hold the second?
Bangs Tapscott
Salt Lake City