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Same Sex Marriage. One state has it, federal law prohibits it. Many states also prohibit it and prohibit recognizing such a marriage from another state. (In essence violating the full faith and credit clause of the constitution, but there are lots of examples that in law) The US supreme court has not weighed in. So the issue is open. This issue could go lots of ways, depending on what cases get to the supreme court.
I would think B? I could be wrong. I would think it’s B because process if elimination. Since the word degrading means humiliation, shaming ETC.
B. it is b because you could separate them such as: I smelled something. And I went down to the kitchen