The Founding Fathers recognized nature and nature’s God and based our Constituion on them. No one can say that it is discrimination to deny same sex marriage, only man-woman marriage which is the basis of the family and the whole human race can be considered to be under natural law. Same sex marriage is outside of the natual design and opens up more disruption and dysfunction as it encourages other abberant unions to come forth and demand the right of marriage.
Marriage is something that cannot be taken lightly as the survival and well being of all the generations to come depends on marriage under natural law. For thousands of years in every society marriage has been between male and female. Those who wish to change marriage in a radical and poorly thought out way have the burden of proof to make. We cannot throw the dice with our children’s future.
So natural law as embodied in the Constitution is a form of Christian Sharia Law then? Specifically, the first Nicene Council version of Christianity, modified by Martin Luther? or which version? What happens when one version of Protestantism conflicts with another, which Protestant Law should the government follow? What about Mormonism? Catholicism? The Essenes? Orthodox? etc. There is no mention of “Natural Law” in the Constitution, nor mention of “God” as would have been expected if Natural Law or God were intended to be reflected in the federal government. There is certainly no mention of Christianity or the Bible. One cannot infer that which is not there to begin with. I think there is a difference between inspiration and incorporation that some may be missing.
Children have been successfully raised for millenia without monogamous marriage, in many cultures. Monogamy is as dysfunctional to those cultures as polygyny is to some here, or at least, as they profess here. In recent history, many terrible wars have been fought due to differing religious beliefs. There is nothing good about abdicating reason in favor of faith in determining how society should operate— on the contrary, it has been proven to cause great societal damage. What next? Perhaps we should throw in the towel, stop using the brains that Providence gave us, and just make laws asserting that the earth is flat (because everyone can look outside and see that) and that the sun revolves about the earth (ditto).