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Originally Posted by Willravel
The US isn't a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. The government has no right to deny marriage between members of the same gender any more than they have a right to deny marriage between members of different genders, but more importantly the majority doesn't have a right to tyrannize the minority.
Leaving it up to states may sound nice, but it really doesn't make sense to me. Why not leave slavery up to states? Or abortion? It's not an issue that's meant for a vote. This is about rights, and rights shouldn't be voted on.
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As far as that point of the debate, I had to rewind it over and over just to her Mr. Biden answer a resounding no, and then Mrs. Palin answer with a reiteration of Mr. Biden's answer and then her own.
really will? Do you know anything about the Constitution? You can talk all about the tyranny of the majority and all that rot, but seriously, do you understand the basics of the United States Constitution?
Because you were just a wee little sparkle in Father of Willravel's eye when the Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified by all the states. The last time I checked the only way we can change the Constitution and civil rights is by an amendment which needs to be ratified by 3/4ths of all the states. This is another word for VOTED by the states.
I'm sure you know that the last amendment ratified was the 27th Amendment introduced in 1789 which took 74,003 days to be ratified.
Who is to say what is or what isn't a right? Because my version of rights is vastly different than what yours is or even BG or dc_dux.
I don't want the Federal government to dictate those. I want the States to decide it, and if you don't like something you get the wonderful choice of moving to another state. And guess what? Maybe there's a different right that may be important to you that the welcoming state you are going to you dissents from, but again, this is about being an adult and picking and choosing your available rights by state.
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