CivilLiberty
Active Member
Kathianne said:But if I understood your earlier post, you wish to overturn the 14th amendment?
Repeal, or modify.
I would like to see a return to federalism and states rights. That is, someone in California should not be able to dictate law to someone in Alabama and vice versa.
However, I think that there are other areas of the constitution that support the idea of civil unions as a contract even without the 14th amendment:
Article One Section ten clause one:
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Article Four, section one, Clause 1: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
Andy