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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: The question is whether or not gay marriage is a civil right.
 Sent2: And the question isn't whether civil rights is being voted on, but whether or not changing the institution of marriage is a civil right to begin with.
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Similar


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Sent1: As the passage of these bans show, society does not appear ready to accept gay marriage.
 Sent2: While many believe that passing laws and constitutional amendments that ban gay marriage is an act that shows how they are honoring what their religions defines as marriage.
answer:
Not similar


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Sent1: Lots of straight people have anal sex and lots of gay people don't, but I don't hear you calling straights "unnatural".
 Sent2: if being gay was as popular as being straight, being straight would be as "unnatural" as being gay is.
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Not similar


