TheProgressivePatriot
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For that matter, where in the 14th does it mention sexual behaviors? Or where does it mention "just these deviant sexual behaviors, but not others"...?
Your understand that the 14th Amendment is about equality, right? No matter how "icky" other people find the minority in question...Your cult's lawyers argued this constantly in court, yet know you invoke it as a means to deny other icky orientations the same rights you insisted were yours.
You have a piss poor understanding of how the Constitution works, but I already know that. Do I really have to explain to you that the 14th Amendment - and in fact the Constitution itself says nothing about many rights that we enjoy through the evolution of Constitutional Case Law??
The Federal government is supreme and the courts acted within the law in the Obergefell case:
Why it is proper for the Federal Government and the federal courts to have the last word?
The Founders believed that a republican government was one in which:
• The power of government is held by the people.
• The people give power to leaders they elect to represent them and serve their interests.
• The representatives are responsible for helping all the people in the country, not just a few people.
http://www.civiced.org/resources/curriculum/lesson-plans/450-lesson3-what-is-a-republican-government
Nothing here trumps or negates the constitution and the bill of rights, which the people ratified through their elected representatives as they later did with the 14th amendment.
The constitution is clear on the principle of federal supremacy
The Supremacy Clause is the provision in Article Six, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution that establishes the United States Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties as "the supreme law of the land." It provides that these are the highest form of law in the United States legal system, and mandates that all state judges must follow federal law when a conflict arises between federal law and either a state constitution or state law of any state.
The supremacy of federal law over state law only applies if Congress is acting in pursuance of its constitutionally authorized powers.
Nullification is the legal theory that states have the right to nullify, or invalidate, federal laws which they view as being unconstitutional; or federal laws that they view as having exceeded Congresses’ constitutionally authorized powers. The Supreme Court has rejected nullification, finding that under Article III of the Constitution, the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional has been delegated to the federal courts and that states do not have the authority to nullify federal law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause
Judicial review is an established principle: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/judicial+review
While judicial review of state laws is clearly outlined in the supremacy clause, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution did not resolve the question of whether the federal
And as I said, if YOU have a particular "deviant sexual behavior " that feel that the law should recognize...GO FOR IT!