Pop23
Gold Member
Wrong.It's a states issue, the court and the feds will step back from this in the end. Everyone has the right to marry. No one is being discriminated against. If you want the right to marry the same sex you need to convince people in your state that you're right and hold a vote. SSM supporters just don't want to do the hard work. They want daddy federal government to do it for them but that is unconstitutional. PERIOD.
The states have no authority to violate the civil rights of the American citizens who reside within the states; one does not forfeit his civil rights merely as a consequence of his state of residence, nor are one's civil rights subject to 'majority rule.'
Americans are first and foremost citizens of the United States, residents of their respective states subordinate to that, where as citizens of the United States one's inalienable rights are immune from attack by the states.
In this case the states sought to deny same-sex couples access to marriage law they're eligible to participate in absent a rational basis, absent objective, documented evidence in support, and absent a proper legislative end – indeed, such measures were enacted only to disadvantage gay Americans based solely on who they are, in violation of the 14th Amendment.
Marriage is not a civil right. And everyone can marry a member of the opposite sex. If that doesn't work for you because you love a member of your own sex then there are civil unions. If that ain't good enough too bad! no one gets everything they want in life. There is always give and take in everything. Grow up baby.
There was a time everyone could marry someone of their own race but that didn't protect the anti-miscegenation laws.
Before and after it was 1 male to 1 female.