[Sabertooth]

I vote for marriage. It's divinely ordained, and has been around longer.

[nmh]

False choice and a false dilemma. If forced to chose with a gun to my head, I'd say marriage since the COnstitution is an imperfect document and a good marriage is based on Biblical principles and something God endorses.

[Rudder]

Almost like asking if it's hotter in the summer than it is in the city.

[Ramius]

Marriage is a religious institution that "the state" in its various forms has, for practical reasons, had to acknowledge and endorse.

The constitution is a state construction that recognizes certain "natural rights" of individuals that supercede the interest or needs of the state.

The two concepts have no business interfering with each other.

[Sonny M]

I don't see how this an "either/ or" question? Adding an amendment is not destroying the constitution.

[dogbyte12]

Marriage is less sacred today. With the divorce rate in this country, marriage is like buying a new car. Some people savor their car as it ages, babying it, loving it. Others wait a few years for the newer models to come out.

The constitution has endured longer in America at least, than marriages have in this country.

[puroresu]

Marriage is more sacred, but it shows how far our system of government has deteriorated that this question has to be asked. For most of American history, no one would have ever dreamed that the Constitution and traditional marriage were incompatible with one another. We're now on the verge of being told by our black robed dictators that the western concept of marriage is "unconstitutional".

[stylin19a]

The Constitution.
Marriage is sacred...but not all are married. The Constitution is the law we set down, to how we live and allow ourselves to be governed....married or not.

The OT had 10 Commandments...Jesus had 2 Commandments...neither was about marriage.....both were about how we are to live our lives.

[Aquinasfan]

Future generations pass through the family. The family is the basic building block of society.

I find it helpful to compare the traditional and Soviet methods of child-rearing, children growing up with the love of a mother and a father or children growing up under State caretakers with the love of the counterperson at the DMV.

[hosepipe]

Good question, you're on to something...
I choose.. marriage....
The Constitution is a playtoy for lawyers.... damning enough.. but worse it legitimizes them.... Twenty five years ago, If you would told me that, I would have laughed... Am not laughing anymore....

Little wonder the 2nd amendment was given to make revolution legal or at least possible.. The founders genius was circular.. To bad the U.S. don't have 2 balls to rub together or this thread would not be cogent but laughable..

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Personal level - marriage,
Political level - constitution

I can't choose deeper than that. Marriage is sacred to me in my heart and soul, but on a political level the constitution (what's left of it) is worth protecting.

[nmh]

IMHO, you said it best, "I vote for marriage. It's divinely ordained, and has been around longer." Regardless of what mere fallible mortals do to our laws, Constitution etc., it is Biblical principles and teachings that I try to mold my life around.

[Coleus]

Our Constitution, The US constitution?

I would say Marriage since God instituted it, it is divinely inspired and the first covenant between God and Man.

The US Constitution is made by fallible human beings and is only as good as it's interpretation and how the courts interpret it. Also, the USA could fall like Rome or any other dynasty. Nothing lives forever.

[Calpernia]

Now let's do comparative psychology and look at other species.

• Wolves
• Beavers
• Gibbons
• Dik-dik
• Birds
• Weasels

  Scientists view these animal as living in stable, monogamous pairs, while most mammals do not. Among birds, some of the most famously faithful are penguins, cranes, pigeons, and parrots. Geese, swans, doves, and albatrosses are generally believed to remain totally faithful to one partner death do them part. In fact, swans have become the symbol of life-long romance in popular lore, because when they swim off together to mate, their heads touch and their necks form a heart shape.

  Gibbons, as well as orangutans and gorillas, are anthropoid apes, the primates that most closely resemble humans, physically and behaviorally. They are regarded as monogamous, male and female gibbons pair up for life, forming a family that stays together until the offspring grow up and leave home. The bond between the couple is reinforced by the hours they spend grooming each other.

[GovernmentShrinker]

The Constitution. It protects citizens' right to enter into marriages, variously defined, in accordance with their own beliefs.

[SpookBrat]

Catching up on long past due pings. Interesting question and discussion. Marriage gets my vote.