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Originally Posted by rukkyg
To those who think rights come from the constitution and who are religious, I point you to something you may have heard in school before (although I think you probably forgot about it):
All men and women are created equal, and God gives them their rights, not YOU, not the constituion. AMONG these rights are life, liberty and the persuit of happiness.
What is the american dream? A goal of happiness. It usually involves getting a job, getting married, a good job, having kids, growing old with the hope that your hard work will help your decendants.
Gays have been denied the right to happiness by these states banning their ability to get married, (probably adopt), and pass on their earnings when they die.
Your country declared its independance from a religious tyrant. Why do you elect one? Why do you want to be one?
Note: I said God gives rights for your benefit. I don't actually believe in some particular God.
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The document you quoted is the Declaration of Independance. That document at it's core nothing but a puffed-up propaganda piece, and has no basis in American, nor any other countries' law. And the author was such a noble-minded person that he held 100's of slaves, of which he fathered children with, and could not be bothered to be present in the country for the formation of the legal document, the Constitution.