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To: Genoa
But the federal courts believe that they have rendered all such laws nugatory. They believe that they have decreed that any two people otherwise qualified cannot be denied a marriage license on the basis of gender.

Obviously I would differ with that opinion (of the courts), but that's why we are where we are. Interesting use of that phrase 'otherwise qualified', though. Clearly, they aren't qualified, so other than "breathing" and "of age", I would certainly take issue with any representation of a same-sex pair as 'qualified'. But there we go again.

436 posted on 09/03/2015 11:56:28 AM PDT by alancarp
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To: alancarp

Why should age be any limitation?

From Obergefell:

“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.”

Have you ever heard such mush?

By the way, the Constitution does not grant rights.


468 posted on 09/03/2015 12:08:38 PM PDT by Ray76 (When a gov't leads it's people down a path of destruction resistance is not only a right but a duty.)
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