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To: canuck_conservative
Then why wasn't it included in "the Bill of Rights"?

See the 9th Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

That's why.

Whether or not marriage is a "right," its exlusion from the list of rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights is no argument for claiming that it isn't.

14 posted on 01/03/2007 9:54:53 AM PST by Maceman (This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
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To: Maceman

"Whether or not marriage is a "right," its exlusion from the list of rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights is no argument for claiming that it isn't."

It's a moot point anyway. No citizen of this country can legally marry a member of the same sex.


18 posted on 01/03/2007 11:00:02 AM PST by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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