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We would like you to classify each of the following sets of argument pairs (discussing Gay Marriage)  into either SIMILAR or NOT SIMILAR. A pair of arguments is considered SIMILAR if the arguments are about the same FACET (making the same argument), and is considered NOT SIMILAR if they do not have the same FACET. A FACET is a low level issue that often reoccurs in many arguments in support of the author's stance or in attacking the other author's position.
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Sent1: It's not as if these people will switch to being straight if gay marriage isn't allowed.
 Sent2: Changing the current state of marriage to allow same sex marriage will not effect straight marriages at all.
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Not similar


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Sent1: How does any gay getting married effect any straight couple?
 Sent2: It is my sincere feeling that short of redifineing marriage that all gays should have the same benefits afforded married straight couples........
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Not similar


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Sent1: But to receive government recognition of their marriage or (better put) the government "promoted" aspects of their marriage,... they must conform their relationship to fit the government's definition.
 Sent2: Do not married couples whose marriages have been recognized by the state have the right to stay married and not have their civil marriages dissolved by the voters simply because of the animus of those voters against them?
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Not similar