IS MARRIAGE GENDER DISCRIMINATION?
Gabriel Rosenberg [Gabriel teaches mathematics at Yale University] Maggie says, “No-one one [sic] really believes it is gender discrimination.” I believe it is. I know Andrew Koppelman, a law professor at Northwestern, believes it is. Courts in Hawaii and Alaska believe it was. We will know shortly whether the Massachusetts SJC thinks it is. As you’ve pointed out gays can get married (as long as it is to someone of the opposite sex). As you and Eve pointed out, the danger of SSM is that the act of marrying a woman will no longer be perceived of as a masculine thing to do. The whole idea behind prohibiting gender discrimination is that we should not exclude a woman from something just because it is a masculine thing to do. If it is gender discrimination to prevent a woman from being a policeman, then it is also gender discrimination to prevent her from being a “husband.
