Marriage of one man and one woman is fundamental to Natural Law Theory and the “Duty” that all human beings have to raise and care for all their biological offspring. The Natural Family is the basis of all governments/civilizations.
It is fundamental to the philosophy of our Constitution, which is based on Lockean philosophy. Montesquieu stated that all Republics have to promote “Public Virtue” for them to succeed.
Our government is unique— set up to promote “Justice” (Rule of Law (Higher Laws/God’s))-—which is Virtue (our Justice System is based on Christian Ethics which began with Common Law and blossomed into the Magna Carta—no other ethical system, but the Christian one, where Individual Rights originated).
The US government always has to promote “Public Virtue” (otherwise the laws are not “Just”-—and are Null and Void), which is the ethics of Christianity only, since ALL humans have dignity and worth in Christian Ethics—no matter how old or weak. No other ethics system enshrines Individual Natural Rights from God which precedes all governments.
(Without Virtue, there can be no Freedom (Socrates).)
All the Founders KNEW that Virtue is essential for Free Republics, and the only purpose of governments is to enforce contracts-—Natural and agreed upon ones and protect our private property Rights (ALL NATURAL RIGHTS).
So Marriage is definitely a Natural Right which is connected to Duties——a natural contract that is essential to flourishing teleological ends, which should be encouraged and promoted by State Laws——as all Laws have to promote Public Virtue (and Natural Duties) to be “Just Law”.
Any Laws that prohibit or discourage “Natural Duties” are unconstitutional. They would be anathema to the Supreme Law of the Land: “Null and Void”. For Individual Natural Rights are God-given and unalienable and permission from the government is never needed-—but should be promoted-—to create Virtue in the people which is the only purpose of government: “Justice”—the Queen of all Virtue.
Marriage of one man and one woman is the only system designed to make sure human beings do their duty to their own biological offspring.
Any other system denies babies their biological mother and/or father (unnatural)-—and destroys their Natural Rights and reduces babies to an object (Means) to be bought and sold like in slavery. Dehumanizing laws are unconstitutional. Homosexual marriage is an abomination and unnatural and unconstitutional. Judges need to be impeached for allowing such denial of Natural Rights to human beings in our “Justice” system based on Natural Rights from God. It also sets up a system which promotes vice-—not fulfilling one’s Natural Duty of raising your own biological offspring.
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