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mrsjacobs44

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What is flawed about former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum's argument against legalizing gay marriage? His argument is that the purpose of marriage is mainly about procreation and not about affirming somebody's love for somebody else.
 
  a. No laws exist or have been proposed to prevent sterile or post-menopausal people from marrying.
  b. Laws have been proposed to prevent sterile or post-menopausal people from marrying, but they are not yet in place.
  c. People are generally granted divorces when one spouse deceives the other about their intentions to have children.
  d. People are generally denied divorces when one spouse deceives the other about their intentions to have children.

Question 2

A ____ is when two people have all the rights and obligations of marriage via a license issued by the state government.
 
  a. domestic partnership c. religious marriage
  b. same-sex union d. civil marriage



joshraies

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D



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