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State recognized MARRIAGE is a right. The USSC has stated this in several cases.
MARRIAGE has over 1400 government granted privileges, that are being denied same sex couples.
The 14th amendment says that no state can pass laws that abridge an American citizens privileges.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
The state has the power to define what constitutes marriage.
Do you not understand that?
I have stated many times that I would support government getting out of the marriage business - and only enforcing contracts of committment throught the courts - without granting any special benefits. Each time I propose such a common sense solution - the gay marriage supporters reject it.
The state has the power to define what constitutes marriage.
Do you not understand that?
I have stated many times that I would support government getting out of the marriage business - and only enforcing contracts of committment throught the courts - without granting any special benefits. Each time I propose such a common sense solution - the gay marriage supporters reject it.
What do you think?
The state can not deny rights and privileges that are granted to one American citizen to another American citizen without a compelling reason. No one has presented a compelling reason.
If you want the government out of marriage, then get your conservative buddies to go for it. Let me know how it goes.
The state can not deny rights and privileges that are granted to one American citizen to another American citizen without a compelling reason. No one has presented a compelling reason.
What are these rights and privileges and why don't single people have them?
Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans
These are just a few of the 1400 state and federal benefits that gays and lesbians are denied by not being able to marry. Most of these benefits cannot be privately arranged or contracted for within the legal system.
Legislators should not give a damn about Christian values as the state should recognize and respect ALL religions.
FREEDOM of religion is in the darn constitution. It doesn't say Christianity above all other religions.
And I get to point out that same sex marriages are probably more marriage-like than heterosexual marriages, which seem by comparison to be mere divorces in progress
The meaning of the word is the same in any language.
No, not really. In some languages their word for marriage includes polygamous marriages, child marriages, one man one woman marriages, or same sex marriages.
You might want to look in a dictionary. Words evolve, they always have and always will. You have no control of that, and neither does your church.
If your church doesn't want to have a ceremony for same sex couples that is their right. But your church has no right to say who can have a legal government recognized marriage.
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