re: #493 Girth
Then you’ve intentionally misrepresented the meaning of ‘love’ as it was used and you know it, unless you think that father/son love is the same as person/significant other love.
I would say that love, prior to a sexual relationship and/or affirming them as your significant other, is very similar. I’ve loved various people of both genders without a sexual relationship. And one of my loves turned into marriage. And that does make things different.
I’m arguing against the “I love this person and therefor should have a right to marry them” meme.