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Originally Posted by ratbastid
No. We've been a federal representative democracy since our founding. Some states have referendum power written into their STATE constitutions, but any decision arrived at by state referendum still has to comply with the FEDERAL constitution.
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But to date there is nothing in the federal constitution that allows for gay marriage. So it is left up to the states. To my understanding unless there is a specific bill that grants a Gay marriage the same rights and benefits as a Straight marriage, then it's left up to the individual states to decide.
I'm going to use the 2nd amendmant as an example. The 2nd amendmant grants all citizens the right to bear arms, but some states have restrictions placed on that right. Chicago is an example, you can't own a handgun within the city limits(it may be state wide i'm not entirely sure, but chicago for sure). By the same logic this should be unconstitutional.
/back to gay marriage