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uphold this social idea by restricting
who can marry, keeping "subdomi
nant groups" from gaining the status
of "dominant groups," she said.
Vetri addressed the cases for and
against gay marriage. He said the
case for same-sex marriage is hu
manitarian and legal.
"Marriage is sort of the funda
mental institutional concept we
have created where people can
demonstrate caring and loving of
another human being in a very per
sonal way," he said.
He said the denial of marriage to
gay couples is discriminatory.
"It's essentially to dehumanize
gay and lesbian couples as not capa
ble of making caring and loving re
lationships," he said.
Vetri also said opponents don't
have valid reasons for opposing gay
marriage, noting that opponents use
arguments such as that same-sex
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couples may not be as good of par
ents as heterosexual couples.
Speaking on the recent decision
by Oregon Circuit Court Judge
Frank Bearden to validate previously
issued Multnomah County licenses
but to halt further licenses until new
marriage law is drafted by the Ore
gon Legislature, Vetrwsaid higher
courts will likely decide the issue af
ter an appeal in the case.
Vetri also said civil unions are not
adequate to protect marriage.
"It's more than a word, it's stigma
tization," he said. "There's absolute
ly no reason for not giving the label
(of marriage)."
Political science graduate student
Courtney Smith said she attended
the event educate herself about peo
ple's opinions on gay marriage. She
said she was intrigued by the corre
lation the presenters drew between
denying marriage to same-sex cou
ples and old anti-miscegination
laws, or laws prohibiting interracial
marriages.
"I want them to continue issuing
licenses, but it does make sense to
make sure they are as valid as possi
ble (before issuing them again),"
she said.
Smith agreed with Vetri that civil
unions do not offer as many rights
as marriage.
"I'd prefer people to have equal
rights across the board," she said.
Senior political science student
Kyle Smith said he attended the event
for a class and because same-sex mar
riage is an important subject.
"I have interest (in the issue) be
cause marriage is going to affect a lot
of us," he said.
He added that he favors a consti
tutional amendment to settle the
controversy.
Junior Dean Scrutton said the
panel should have represented opin
ions against gay marriage as well,
adding that the panel only gave dif
ferent aspects from the same side of
the argument.
"My objection is that Professor
Novkov mentioned that she thought
there was diversity of opinion (on
the panel)," Scrutton said. "I would
completely disagree with that."
Scrutton said students on campus
are split about same-sex marriage,
and there needs to be a debate about
the issue.
"Let's have an open discussion so
people can make up their minds,
rather than having impressionable
students and only one side," Scrut
ton said.
But Novkov said the panel offered
four very different perspectives on the
issue; however,''she also said there
might be merit to having a debate as
the issue continues to change.
"We are at a very interesting mo
ment in history right now where the
concept of equality and gay marriage
are in dispute," she said.
Contact the city/state politics reporter
at parkerhowell@dailyemerald.com.