[FreedomCalls]

"Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman."

Define "man." Define "woman." Can a gay man get a writ from a judge declaring him to be a her? If he can simply redefine himself legally as a "woman" then he can meet the letter of the Amendment and get married anyway.

[FreedomCalls]

Define "man." Define "woman." Can a gay man get a writ from a judge declaring him to be a her? If he can simply redefine himself legally as a "woman" then he can meet the letter of the Amendment and get married anyway.

There is legal precedent. An adult can get a judge to redefine him as having the mental age of a child. At that point he is treated in the court system as a juvenile. Will a man be able to get a judge to certify that he has the mental sex of a female and then for the purposes of this amendment get treated as a female?

[mvpel]

It's already the case in Kansas that a male->female transsexual can marry a born male, or vice-versa.

[Dr Warmoose]

Define "man." Define "woman."

I think that there was a lower court decision once on this matter. It had to do with chromosomes XX vs XY. Apparently there was some question about some doofus that mutilated his genitals so that it resembled that of a woman. The judge ruled not on genitalia, but on the genes.

This whole topic is downright perverted.