A brief remedial lesson on human rights

I can't believe I'm actually wading into this mess, but I feel compelled to point out the obvious.

Someone recently said in another thread:

"I'm saying that marriage isn't a right."

Sorry, that is absolutely, unequivocally, completely wrong. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, readily available online, is quite clear on the matter:

"UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Article 16.

(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State."

The Declaration was first created in 1948. In 1976, the International Bill of Human Rights, of which the Declaration is a part, was ratified.

So, notwithstanding someone's misguided notion that marriage is not a right, they have been overridden by, well, the whole entire world.

Over 60 years ago.