I think all tax perks and penalties should be eliminated. Now this doesn’t mean I think we should raise taxes. I think we should start at a 15% flat tax across board and shrink the govt to match it. However the constitutionality of preserving marriage licensing in the context of normal heterosexual “monogamous” relationships is not unconstitutional nor has it ever been nor would anyone who created the constitution or participated in the passage of the amendments have assumed any such thing. If they had dreamed this kind of mess would be possible they would have written the supremacy of heterosexual marriage into the constitution as an obvious fact.
>> If they had dreamed this kind of mess ...
Maybe they didn’t exclude the possibility of such things.
The issue has wobbled incrementally out of our control, and into the hands of corrupt law and bureaucracy. Who didn’t anticipate the potential problems with Prop 8 as it might be ruled Unconstitutional? The implications are disastrous for traditional values, institutions, and corporations that recognize the benefits of the ‘whole’ family.
Advancing law that governs ‘non-criminal’ behavior is not unlike a crap shoot where the gamble is to have govt rule in your favor while risking the chance it will rule against you. The natural form of society is better equipped to manage social issues, and capable of discouraging undesirable behavior.
Concerning marriage, the govt should have no role whatsoever including issues that involve discriminatory charges against organizations not supporting homosexual relationships. If for example a photographer decides not to offer services to homosexuals, then that photographer must not be charged with criminal discrimination for that choice.
Repeal, repeal, repeal. We have too many damn laws.
BTW, I don’t consider abortion a ‘social’ issue - it’s a crime against humanity; those tiny little humans.