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I believe the US Supreme Court will rule that the California law does not violate that part of the constitution. If the law said that only homosexuals were forbidden from marrying the same gender and that heterosexuals could marry the same gender then it would be a violation. However, it bars EVERYONE from marrying the same gender and, thus, applies equally to everyone.
With this logic, interracial marriage should still be legal then. Thankfully SCOTUS didn't agree with you and they won't on Prop 8 either. I'm willing to make some sig/av/account bets on that.
50% of marriages in America end in divorce, it is fact, that marriage as a foundation stone of our society is done broke.
Cain't be fixed no way no how.
Exactly. Flame Angel's arguments are absolutely terrible, even from logical or legal perspective. If we really wanted to implement laws to preserve the institution of marriage, we would make divorce and adultery illegal, and then we might as well call ourselves Saudi Arabia.
Not to mention, his ridiculous argument that the government must "sanction" and "protect" marriage to ensure population stability, lol! Humans have been procreating successfully for hundreds of thousands of years before there were such a thing as a government institution that sanctioned marriages.
Fascinating and yet one of the three disagreed. It'll be overturned.
Why would it be overturned? We are dealing with a "Civil Rights" issue which the public should have no right to vote on!
Imagine if we left it to the public back in the 1960s whether "blacks" should be able to vote?
Please name one contract, outside of the marriage contract, that two people of the same sex are legally prohibited from entering into. I don't know of any...
From a purely legal perspective there is no reason same-sex marriage shouldn't be allowed. The arguments are 100% based on subjective morality and religious beliefs.
A man can enter into a contract with his aunt, brother or adult son.
Does that mean he should be allowed to marry his close relatives?
I can't stand the gays and the supporters using interracial marriages as a crux for their arguments.
You and yours are using the same arguments against gay marriage as were used against interracial marriage. It really should not come as a surprise that they trigger the same counterarguments.
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The difference between the interracial ban and the illegality of gay marriage is that Blacks and others could not enter into the institution of marriage with the partners of their choice.
A man can enter into a contract with his aunt, brother or adult son.
Does that mean he should be allowed to marry his close relatives?
You know, if all the contract does is give benifits I'm not sure why he shouldn't.
Marriage isn't what it used to be. The govenment didn't cause that, the gays didn't cause that, the married and divorced (over and over) caused that. If it changes, so then the laws regarding it.
I'm not advocating anyone marrying their close relative, I'm advocating an examination of the laws we created regarding marriage. Not in a religious sense but in a legal sense. Perhaps the reason there is so much controversy these days is because people realize it's not working?
Why would it be overturned? We are dealing with a "Civil Rights" issue which the public should have no right to vote on!
Imagine if we left it to the public back in the 1960s whether "blacks" should be able to vote?
The bigots are on the losing side of history here, but they'll fight until the end. Imagine what good could have come if the same energy, time and money were spent doing something constructive for our country rather than try and suppress another minority?
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