Whatever.... the fact is that gay marriage advocates did make the claim.
The one institution that gay marriage seems to be ruining for a certainty, like Roe vs. Wade did, is the rights of voters to decide this issue.
Several years ago, Massachusetts Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay marriage. In a 4-3 ruling, the court gave the Massachusetts state Legislature six months to rewrite the state's marriage laws for the benefit of gay couples.
California voters decided to ban gay marriage in a ballot initiative, but Mayor Gavin Newsom decided that he had the power to just ignore that. Too bad Governor Schwarzenegger didn't make an issue of it and put that clown in jail for breaking California law.
In both cases, in my opinion, officials of the government over stepped their constitutional authority and got away with it.
I think that, an amendment to the Constitution will be needed. I can see the possibility of states not recognizing gay marriages performed in other states. This may open up a lot of issues. An amendment to ban gay marriage will then be decided by all the states, since the 2/3 of the states would have to ratify such an amendment within a certain period of time of its passage in Congress in order for it to be part of the Constitution. I think that is what gay activists and their supporters fear most. They know that if voters were given a choice, they would vote against gay marriage. That pesky concept of popular mandate, if they only did away with it, then the Left could reinvent society to their liking!!!
The one institution that gay marriage seems to be ruining for a certainty, like Roe vs. Wade did, is the rights of voters to decide this issue.
Several years ago, Massachusetts Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay marriage. In a 4-3 ruling, the court gave the Massachusetts state Legislature six months to rewrite the state's marriage laws for the benefit of gay couples.
California voters decided to ban gay marriage in a ballot initiative, but Mayor Gavin Newsom decided that he had the power to just ignore that. Too bad Governor Schwarzenegger didn't make an issue of it and put that clown in jail for breaking California law.
In both cases, in my opinion, officials of the government over stepped their constitutional authority and got away with it.
I think that, an amendment to the Constitution will be needed. I can see the possibility of states not recognizing gay marriages performed in other states. This may open up a lot of issues. An amendment to ban gay marriage will then be decided by all the states, since the 2/3 of the states would have to ratify such an amendment within a certain period of time of its passage in Congress in order for it to be part of the Constitution. I think that is what gay activists and their supporters fear most. They know that if voters were given a choice, they would vote against gay marriage. That pesky concept of popular mandate, if they only did away with it, then the Left could reinvent society to their liking!!!