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If a state has legal protection called marriage, they can not deny those legal protections to a segment of the population without showing how doing so furthers a compelling state interest. Discrimination of the laws based on gender is illegal too, not only race and age.
Put simply. A man can legally marry a woman. That is something I am banned from doing in my state. THAT is discrimination based on the gender of the people entering into marriage.
i think you have no clue what is the 14th amendment.
Example: States have tax credits and help for the poor and business that means they are discriminating on me because according to the law I don't qualify?
does affirmative action violates the 14th amendment also?
should the 14th amendment be use for equal pay and socialism?
Or ban marriage between cousins? Or marriage between a man and a tree, if he really, really loves the tree (and who are you to tell him that he's not really "in love"?)? Or.... since you have decided to change the subject and divert from the topic of same-sex "marriage", the possibilities are endless.
Trees cannot consent to any kind of relationship. Trees are not even conscious.
Or ban marriage between cousins? Or marriage between a man and a tree, if he really, really loves the tree (and who are you to tell him that he's not really "in love"?)? Or.... since you have decided to change the subject and divert from the topic of same-sex "marriage", the possibilities are endless.
Do you not understand that if a state can show how denial to a specific group will further a compelling state interest then they can deny that group marriage. So far no one has been able to show how denying same sex couples marriage furthers a state interest.
i think you have no clue what is the 14th amendment.
Example: States have tax credits and help for the poor and business that means they are discriminating on me because according to the law I don't qualify?
does affirmative action violates the 14th amendment also?
should the 14th amendment be use for equal pay and socialism?
IS income level a protected class? I'm pretty sure gender is a protected class.
BS. If it weren't for the federal government and the Supreme Court, interracial marriage would probably still be illegal in some Southern states. Do your homework, and stop hiding behind the "talk radio" version of the Constitution.
Why don't you read the Federalist Paper's? It makes it quite clear that limiting the federal government was a prime purpose of the U.S. Constitution.
Then go read the constution itself and you will find that this is true.
Radio didn't exist in the late 18th century, so your last comment makes no sense.
IS income level a protected class? I'm pretty sure gender is a protected class.
no is not.
In United States Federal anti-discrimination law, a protected class is a characteristic of a person which cannot be targeted for discrimination.The following characteristics are considered "Protected Classes" by Federal law:
kids can sign a marriage license too ....does the 14th amendment applies to them too or children have no rights.
how about polygamy, are they protected under the 14th amendment too?
people are clueless what the 14th amendment means....they want to apply to their social agenda.
People who bring up marrying trees and children are just clueless.
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