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Those states signed up to our ConstitutionGoing all goofy againNow you are going all goofy on meJust like the states had the rights to invoke segregation and Jim Crow.
The 14th amendment requires equal treatment under the law. A State deciding one type of marriage is preferable to another is not equal
Okay, so what if father and daughter wish to marry? What right would a government have to make them unequal to a gay couple?
Homosexual relationships are legal, incest is not
Then incest laws would have to be rescinded if it's a violation of our Constitutional rights. After all, if being treated equal by the government is the reason for gay marriage, then it has to apply to any marriage: father/ daughter, mother/ son, mother/ daughter, man/ dog.
We simply cannot have this inequality in our country.
Homosexuality is not a criminal act
Incest, pedophilia and bestiality are
Gay marriages were not acceptable in most states, yet because of the SC ruling, they were forced to be.
So when these issues come up (and they will eventually) we will have to do the same thing with those laws that didn't respect gay marriages, and that is make those laws unconstitutional.
You see, Congress can make all the laws they desire, but if they are not constitutional, they can't be made or be continued to be enforced.
Nobody forced them to