TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Sent1: The government is not in the business of telling us why we marry someone, whether it is out of love or for some other reason.
 Sent2: We don't necessarily have a right to officially recognized gay marriage, but we have every right to tell the government if we want it or not.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: I personally think state governments should not be able to grant marriages and should only be able to grant civil unions to everyone.
 Sent2: I personally think the gov't should get out of the business of marriage and institute civil unions defining and protecting rights for all parties involved provided they are able to give legal consent to enter the union.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: We give married couples marriage benefits TO STRENGTHEN the marriage, because marriage STRENGTHENS society.
 Sent2: The homosexual agenda's justification for demanding marriage has always been for the equal benefits which marriage affords couples who marry.

SOLUTION:
Not similar

