(June 11, 2015 at 11:35 am)Anima Wrote: An interesting unintended consequence of the argument that marriage confers dignity is that all who are not married are lacking in dignity in relation to those who are married and it is the laws fault!!!
Dignity isn't a finite resource that is parceled out whereby if someone receives dignity there is less to go around elsewhere. Single people aren't less dignified in the eyes of the state simply because the state also confers dignity to the married couple's relationship. The problem is that since the state does confer a measure of dignity to the relationship those that are expressly prohibited from participating in the institution are denigrated.