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: For example, if a state Congress passes a bill that grants additional benefits to marriages and civil unions, a governor could simply line-item veto the benefit to civil unions, which then means that the benefits would apply only to marriage.
 Sent2: The benefits aspect can be resolved simply by petitioning the government to stop using the word marriage and substitute in its place the word civil union and allow any couple (with age of consent) to join in a civil union.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: The Bible distinctively states that Marriage is the union of a man and a woman, and the example given is of Adam and Eve being married and joined before God, by God.
 Sent2: God did not introduce the concept of marriage, man did.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: But the question of whether inter-racial marriages must be recognized by law and whether same-sex marriages must be recognized by law are still different questions, and each must be evaluated on its own merits.
 Sent2: In that sense, the case for states recognizing legal same-sex marriage is even stronger under the equal protection argument than was the case for states recognizing legal inter-racial marriage.

SOLUTION:
Similar

