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Until the kourts deklare ssm a konstitutional right, the publik and their elekted reps deside what is a right. In fakt, most 'rights' are kreated by vote.
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The courts have declared marriage a fundamental civil right in numerous cases.
Been awhile since a state not touching an ocean passed same sex marriage.
As far as I can tell, Minnesota will be the first non-coastal state (excepting Vermont I suppose) to legalize same-sex marriage by legislation. Certainly MN is the most isolated state to do so.
What is the status in Illinois anyway? It passed the Senate. Is it stalled in the House?
It needs 60 votes to pass the House, and proponents are confident they'll have them, though there has been a last minute push by the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese and other anti-gay factions to derail it. They have until the end of May to get it through in this session. It's looking good.
It needs 60 votes to pass the House, and proponents are confident they'll have them, though there has been a last minute push by the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese and other anti-gay factions to derail it. They have until the end of May to get it through in this session. It's looking good.
The courts have declared marriage a fundamental civil right in numerous cases.
If the Supreme Kourt had deklared ssm a konstitutional right, you wouldn't need a majority of legislators or voters to permit ssm state-by-state. You predikt that will happen, but as of today, anyone who doesn't want the 'right' of ssm put to a vote is in favor of the status quo.
If the Supreme Kourt had deklared ssm a konstitutional right, you wouldn't need a majority of legislators or voters to permit ssm state-by-state. You predikt that will happen, but as of today, anyone who doesn't want the 'right' of ssm put to a vote is in favor of the status quo.
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution reads:
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
It needs 60 votes to pass the House, and proponents are confident they'll have them, though there has been a last minute push by the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese and other anti-gay factions to derail it. They have until the end of May to get it through in this session. It's looking good.
My guess is Colorado or Oregon. Chances are any referendums will be held in conjunction with 2014 mid-term elections depending upon who controls the state houses at the time. But then again, the impending decisions coming from the SCOTUS could possibly make those constitutional bans all but moot.
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