That said, whether gays in Utah can marry isn't something I really wonder about.
Do you ever wonder about the Federal authority overstepping the 10th Amendment and the power reserved to the States ?
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That said, whether gays in Utah can marry isn't something I really wonder about.
The right to marry is not a constitutional issue. The constitution does not recognize a fundamental right to marry. Why would it have anything to do with civil rights?
According to the SCOTUS you are mistaken.
Marriage is not mentioned anywhere in the constitution. It is not a right.
marriage is not mentioned in the Constitution at any point
Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
the Constitution does not define a right to marriage
Marriage and the Constitution - Christopher Merola - Page full
Isn't their main desire simply a recognition of their commitment? I could care less if two guys or two gals want to "marry." Keep the government out of it.
No they want .gov recognition.
Only marriage is reserved to the States' purview.
Which puts a "kink" in it.
Gay marriage is inevitable. And only religious progressives believe in Government controlling our sex lives as marriage. Marriage is a Government issue for tax reasons only, get rid of the deductions and taxes and there is no reason for Government to be involved in a religious matter.
Its not a civil rights issue. No one has the right to be married. But everyone has the right to own or rent property free of government interference.
No ex post facto, luv.
It's not ex post facto if it was never actually law to allow them in the first place.
It was legal for gays to marry, for a time, in Utah. Those people who took advantage of that window of legality are legally married.
Loving v Virginia, Turner v Safley and Zabloki v Wisconsin. Marriage is a fundamental right.
Marriage is a social and cultural concept that stretches back into the mists of prehistory, long, long before there was such a thing as a 'Conservative' or a 'Liberal', and before an alphabet had even been invented by which to spell such words.This is where I become confused. Marriage s a conservative concept.
Why are conservatives against it and gays for it?
Gays want to be more conservative why don't we let them?
This is where I become confused. Marriage s a conservative concept.
Why are conservatives against it and gays for it?
Gays want to be more conservative why don't we let them?
However, in our country there is such a basic human right in our constitution--called "The pursuit of happiness"--and I don't see how the court is going to be able to ban gay marriage because of that.
This is indeed great news to hear. I am glad the SCOTUS stepped in and overruled a radical judge's ruling. Gay marriage should not be tolerated in the United States since it is a abomination. What we all should be promoting is the traditional marriage between man and woman. This is a win for moral family values and common decency.
Supreme Court puts gay marriage on hold in Utah | Fox News
The Supreme Court on Monday put gay marriage on hold in Utah, giving the state time to appeal a federal judge's ruling against Utah's same-sex marriage ban.
The court issued a brief order Monday blocking any new same-sex unions in the state. The ruling comes after a Dec. 20 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates gay and lesbian couples' constitutional rights.
Pursuit of happiness is not the same as attainment of happiness...
Unless society at-large determines that activities and behaviors related to such pursuit are detrimental to society.Pursuit of happiness is not the same as attainment of happiness...
True--but no other person has the right to stand in the way of someone else's pursuit of happiness whether that person achieves it or not.
This is indeed great news to hear. I am glad the SCOTUS stepped in and overruled a radical judge's ruling. Gay marriage should not be tolerated in the United States since it is a abomination. What we all should be promoting is the traditional marriage between man and woman. This is a win for moral family values and common decency.
Supreme Court puts gay marriage on hold in Utah | Fox News
The Supreme Court on Monday put gay marriage on hold in Utah, giving the state time to appeal a federal judge's ruling against Utah's same-sex marriage ban.
The court issued a brief order Monday blocking any new same-sex unions in the state. The ruling comes after a Dec. 20 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates gay and lesbian couples' constitutional rights.
Well your traditional marriage has a 50% divorce rate in this country today.
Furthermore--no ONE wakes up one morning and decides to have sex with the same sex. IOW--being gay is NOT A CHOICE someone makes. Nor can being gay be prayed away.
Those that are straight are going to be straight for all of their lives, and those that are gay are going to be gay all of their lives. I don't think because someone is different from you that they should be persecuted by others who think like you do.
I would prefer that Gays have civil unions versus marriage--because of the association of the words husband meaning male and wife being female. That's my only issue with this.