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Originally Posted by docbungle
I don't see this as a sad day at all, for Texans or anyone else. I see this as the majority of Texans being abundantly clear on how they feel regarding this matter. It doesn't make them evil or homophobic.
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The sad part isn't that the people voted for what they want. The sad part is what they want, that in the 21st century 75% of voters want to deny basic rights and liberty to a sizable group of people. Whether that makes them evil or homophobic depends on your interpretation of the terms.
For anyone who might know, why is it that the (U.S.) Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the laws doesn't apply to same-sex marriage thus making it legal everywhere by federal law because otherwise a group would be denied equal treatment of marriage? Is there any legal precedent addressing this question?
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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
Well I voted for the ban simply because I believe marriage is a religious idea.
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I'm curious, what then do you think about how the separation of church and state applies to this issue? Should the state have the task of keeping the "sanctity" of a religious institution?
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
well, I guess that this is true for every state in the nation now....that they would rather use the constitution as a limitation for the people instead of for the government.
I, for one, would like to welcome our new governmnet overlords and anxiously await their renaming of the bill of rights.
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Well, the laws being more about denying rights than protecting them is certainly not a recent phenomenon.