WorldWatcher
Gold Member
There is no constitutional right to have the government bless your marriage
The fact that you say entitled says much
So the court erred when it found that the government counld not discrimniate (as it pertains to Civil Marriage) based on a biological condition (i.e. race)? And it's OK for the State to discriminate based on another biological condition (i.e. gender)?
BTW - There is a Constitutional right to equal treatment under the law embodied in the 14th Amendment and one of the foundations of our system is that for discrimination to continue the government must have a compelling government interest if treating like situated groups differently. In this case those like situated groups would be law abiding, tax paying, US Citizen, infertile, non-related, consenting adults in a different-sex couples that are allowed to Civilly Marry and law abiding, tax paying, US Citizen, infertile, non-related, consenting adults in a same-sex couple that are not allowed to Civilly Marry.
P.S. - Government don't "Bless" Civil Marriages, blessings that may be involved with marriages are from religious organizations "blessing" per the doctrine of that religious organization. Civil Marriage is a secular institution, no religious component required.
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