Posted on 11/26/2003 2:47:02 PM PST by kattracks
And your opinion of judicial power is?
So is marriage.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The citizens of the state of North Carolina along with many other states had laws against sodomy. The only thing that happened here was that liberal judges overstepped their bounds. If an Amendment is to be passed, pass one that reiterates and strengthens the 10th Amendment. Else we're going to have a Constitution with Amendments attached for every sick practice that comes along
Thanks for the red herring. Really wasn't hungry, however.
I think "thinktwice" needs to think again.
Well if there is going to be a definition of "marriage" in the US Constitution don't you think it ought to be a complete definition? Or do you think marriage is just a temporary union for the sake of, what, tax benefits?
Let's say Mississippi bans gay marraige and Massachusetts has gay marraige. Now imagine a married homosexual male working in Boston gets transfered to Biloxi, Mississippi. Are the couple still married? Well this is why it's a federal problem.
And I'm sick of the power of the national, I can't bear to call it federal anymore, government.
Senator "Doll Hair" Biden has already said that he will oppose it. He also has stated the he believes homosexual marriage is inevitable.
You may be right. But Queer Nation is using the courts and this issue as the tool for destroying the US value system.
If the ammendment is strictly limited to the definition of marriage, what's the problem?
Good. Also it should say "and who are not immediate blood relatives".
Homosexuals can marry the person of the opposite sex. Same way as everyone else. They demand an additional right.
Why not include health benefits as well? For that matter, how about 401k?
If you're looking for truth you're a lost soul.
Keep it simple. Marriage is 1 man 1 woman. Do you need a further explanation?
Natural? What do you mean by that?
Why do you care about religious discrimmination when you are a athiest?
Think about it.
Of course. A choice available to a man and a woman, regardless of their religious orientation. You're new at this, aren't you? Using words such as 'Hitler' and 'homophobia' which are guaranteed to shut of debate. Or do you think your 'in your face' approach will endear people to your cause?
Because next you're going to have an amendment barring something else, then something else, and so on. Heck at the moral rate this nation of states is going we're going to need an amendment barring beastiality sooner or later
My point is that many states had these laws on the books. Granted in some places they weren't enforced, and I think for the very reason that God fearing men and women realized with the air of irresponsibility in our courts their laws would probably be overturned. Such laws weren't PC. But you reinforce the 10th Amendment and you've put yourself and your state in an actionable position not only against the sodomites but more than one or two other questionable federal rulings.
The states that had these laws on the books would be able to reinstitute them, the states that didn't, well most of those states are written off in my book anyway. Some of the citizens of those states are going to do what they want no matter what an Amendment says. However they would be wary to go into a state that has reinstituted its sodomy laws and is actively prosecuting them
"thinktrice"?
1)What religion (if any) are you?
2)Are you male or female?
3)What is your current sexual orientation?
Just curious..
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