Posted by
Always To The Right on Saturday, July 22, 2006 8:04:25 PM
The U.S. Constitution refers to itself as "the supreme law of the land." Today is it the Supreme Court, and not the Constitution which determines our basic law, sometimes based on non-constitutional [often even non-American] premises, such as international law.
The Supreme Court cites "evolving notions of decency" in ruling on executions. Judges say that some states can't constitutionally restrict marriage.
What part of "we the people" don't they understand? Hopefully with the two new judges that Bush appointed that will change.
We restrict marriage now. You must be of age, unmarried, and the opposite sex.
Whatever position you take on gay marriage, a marriage license is not a constitutional right any more than is a drivers license. They are privileges granted by the state-which defines the rules for its issuance.
Marriage [between man and woman] is not some plot to deny gays their rights.
Marriage [heterosexual] is in place in all nations because of an interest in a stable society that is a basis for the bringing up of children.
No legislative body has ever voted to allow gay marriage.
Voters in state after state have passed measures limiting marriage to a man and a woman. Those who oppose a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman-on the grounds that it should be left up to the states-ignore the the fact that activist judges and mayors won't let it be left to the states.
If legislators want to pass or revise laws to allow the assignment of benefits between committed individuals, fine.
If they want to pass laws or constitutional amendments permitting gay marriage, that's ok too. But let the people decide.