Quote (balrog66 @ Dec 28 2009 09:03am)
Universal declaration of rights art. 17 disagrees with you.
The UDoHR isn't a treaty, and isn't legally binding.
Article 17 covers property rights.
Article 16 covers marriage (between man and woman), and the second point under it states: "Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses." Are you really going to use the premises of a hetero-only declaration to assert that gays have a right to marry?
Since no one has the right to compel consent, it logically precludes a right (as in
all are entitled) to marriage. Now if you manage to find a consenting partner (as so many do), you're entitled (according to the declaration) to marry, but it's still not a treaty.