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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
-To the best of my knowledge this is still a democracy, and so long as people abide by the laws and regulations afforded them, there is no reason to knock them or attack them. I am getting pretty fed up of the thought that gays are constitutional afforded the same rights, read the laws, its there in plain black and white.
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So, I guess the Equal Protection Clause doesn't really apply if you are gay....
The notion that any citizen of the United States can be DENIED rights, which you just expressly stated, on the basis of sexual orientation is ludicrous. There needs to be no law specifically ALLOWING them to be married, but somehow there needs to be a constitutional amendment to PREVENT them from getting married?
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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
I get it that everyone is an arm chair justice, but this activist intent is getting ridiculous. No where in the constitution are gays rights expressly affirmed, nor are they denied, nor is there any implicit language that "makes them discriminated against" because they cannot marry. The right is deffered to the state, because it is upheld and within the spirit of the constitution.
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I absolutely agree this is a state's rights issue. However, when a state is enacting what amounts to new Jim Crow laws, something needs to be done.
Veritas en Lux!
Jimmy The Hutt