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The Supreme Court is expected to hand down several rulings Monday, two of which have the potential to drastically expand the rights of gays and lesbians in the country.
This could make for the worst Monday in history. Its Monday, have 5 days of work ahead of me, and...oh yeah...I'm a second class citizen. Anxiously awaiting...
The government doesn't discriminate against gays...
Gays just want to be a "protected class" and have MORE rights than anyone else..
I find anyone who believes the government should protect them from scrutiny to be obnoxious..
My question is, WHEN did failure to recognize same-sex marriage BECOME unconstitutional? It wasn't 1789, right?
Nonsense. Having equal rights is not protected.
Try equal protection under the law. Most cite the 14th amendment.
Try equal protection under the law. Most cite the 14th amendment.
Is there any law stopping a gay from marrying?
Ha, the Equal Protection Clause justifies just about anything and everything.... The Fourteenth Amendment should be repealed and re-wrote in its entirety.
That trick doesn't fly. If you could marry the same sex but not the opposite, you'd understand better. But being silly doesn't help you.
That trick doesn't fly. If you could marry the same sex but not the opposite, you'd understand better. But being silly doesn't help you.
So it became unconstitutional in 1868? Do you really believe that?
This could make for the worst Monday in history. Its Monday, have 5 days of work ahead of me, and...oh yeah...I'm a second class citizen. Anxiously awaiting...
Second class citizen?
Yeah, I would be upset too if the court made me a second class citizen said my beliefs and vote do not count because it ticks off homosexuals and their supporters with their emotional and warped mantra of "equal rights." Hopefully the SCOTUS will make the right decision and let the states decide marriage for themselves and overturn DOMA under those grounds as well.
This isn't an issue of discrimination, it's an issue of the definition of marriage. Until just a few years ago, nobody thought this was in dispute.
I believe in equal rights, and I am reasonably sure the constitution supports that.
I can marry anyone I choose with the proper license...
The States should be the only ones deciding...
There's a process for that.
OK, but my question is WHEN did the previously well-understood definition of marriage transmorgify itself into unconstitutional discrimination.
Not if the same sex in most states.
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