My reply II
on 11/10/2008 at 11:59 PM
Yes and these are the same bunch of freaks who want to force me to not smoke, eat at McDonalds or own a gun - I guess my rights just don’t matter at all.
It is called the Law - which up until about, oh say 8 years ago - was simply what the majority wanted [actually thinking back in 1963 (Abington School District v. Schempp) and 1973 (Roe v. Wade) they circumvented The Law to force unto the country very distructive legislation that the majority of the population would not vote in support of at all - sorry, I digress]- it used to be what the majority and/or States wanted. Once again - the ‘progressive’(liberal, left, moonbat, activists, communists, socialists, facists, whinners, layabout, takers - whatever want to undermine and destroy one of the greatest tenets/foundations of America - We The People.
A Government afraid of its People is a Democracy - The People afraid of their Government is a tyranny.
So few people understand that “equal rights” does not mean “equal outcome”. If you are an adult, you have the same right to marry someone of the opposite sex, provided you both meet the basic conditions (of age, no incest, no animals, no bigamy, etc) as anyone else.
Don’t the laws also say that you can not be married against your will? I think so, as that would take out arranged marriages if both people were not consenting. It is a poor reading of that tenet that comes up with the “I’m allowed to marry whatever person I want to!” You are ... provided that the person qualifies under Rule 1. Homosexual marriage defies Rule 1; ipso facto, it’s a no-no. This is not an arcane conclusion. It is not denying someone their rights. It’s the very definition of marriage that has served the human race for the past ... 5000 years or thereabouts.
So, my reply was on the ‘right’ track?
As far back in history as I know, let’s say about 3,500 years or so, marriage has been a religious institution. The 1st Amendment is very clear that government must stay out of the business of religion. This stands outside of any decisions by any court, any law voted on by the people and any law passed by any legislature. I don’t think anyone would argue that the Bill of Rights should be amended to allow our government to regulate religious institutions.
So, how come secular marriages, aka civil ceremonies, are legal at all? Where does the government get off deciding which marriages they recognize and which they don’t? The government is specifically blocked from judging any religiously based marriage, based on the 1st Amendment. The good news is that under the 1st Amendment, the religious institutions of the U.S. have the sole right to determine who who they will and won’t marry. The other news is that some religious institutions will marry a gay couple.
I know that some here may not like this interpretation of the Bill of Rights, but can anyone find a hole in the logic?
