bripat9643
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There's no contradiction. Marriage isn't a right.
Marriage is a right under the law if the government says it's a right. That's all there is to that.
Yep, and a few more conservative justices on the court can reverse that decision.
Why would they overturn Obergefell? On what grounds? Your animosity and desire to oppress others appears to fill you with pipe dreams.
They would overturn it on the grounds that the Constitution doesn't mention marriage, so how can it be a constitutional right?
Have you heard of "equal protection under the law"? That's in the federal constitution. State statutes (which are laws) grant persons the right to marry. The federal constitution (14th Amendment) prohibits a state from depriving any person of equal protection under the law. Understand? Granting the right to marry to opposite-sex couples while denying that right to similarly situated same-sex couples was a violation of the equal protection clause.
Everyone has the right to marry someone of the opposite sex. Allowing queers to marry makes about as much sense as making cats eat vegetables.