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If you remember, the Tenth Ammendment states that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
In a nutshell, a state can deny anyone basic privileges as long as the people agree to it. In this case, the states have voted (Overwhelmingly, I might add) for the non-legalization of gay marriages. That is what I agree with. If that makes me bigotted, then so be it.
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If YOU remember, the Fourteenth Amendent addressed a similar idea:
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Originally Posted by Fourteenth Amendment, Section I
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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Aside from specifically preventing states from invoking laws which take away priveleges granted to OTHER United States Citizens, it prevents taking away life, liberty, and property. Read the list I have above and show me one that's not one of those three.
If you're going to quote the Constitution, remember that the same document can be taken two ways.