"Your arguing apples and oranges . There are laws already on the books , prior to the unfunded mandate statute , that prohibit discrimination in employment . Gays partners have no legal status today , so the granting of legal status to them will result in increased expenditures by business ."
"But there were not always laws on the books that prevented these things . I was presenting a hypothetical situation in which those laws are not already on the books . The situtation was intended to show only that a ruling allowing same-sex marriage would not have to cost companies a dime ."
"Your arguing apples and oranges . There are laws already on the books ,"
"But there were not always laws on the books that prevented these things"