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What's More Sacred, Marriage or the Constitution?
June 30th, 2003 | Sabertooth

Posted on 06/30/2003 6:25:02 PM PDT by Sabertooth

With talk of a Constitutional Amendment preserving the traditional definition of marriage, this subject came up on another thread.

I thought I'd throw it out to the forum for discussion.


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I vote for marriage. It's divinely ordained, and has been around longer.


1 posted on 06/30/2003 6:25:03 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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2 posted on 06/30/2003 6:26:09 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
Sacred? Gotta be marriage.
3 posted on 06/30/2003 6:27:15 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: Sabertooth
I hope it never comes down to an either or situation.
4 posted on 06/30/2003 6:27:28 PM PDT by KantianBurke (The Federal govt should be protecting us from terrorists, not handing out goodies)
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To: Sabertooth
Any marriage worth saving will survive any Supreme Court decision.
5 posted on 06/30/2003 6:28:26 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Summertime!)
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To: Sabertooth
I don't think you can compare the two -- one is of Caesar, and one is of God.
6 posted on 06/30/2003 6:28:45 PM PDT by ellery
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To: Sabertooth
Marriage of course.
7 posted on 06/30/2003 6:29:48 PM PDT by bluebunny
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To: NittanyLion
Over here.


8 posted on 06/30/2003 6:30:14 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
If a Constitutional Ammendment could be passed that prohibited same-sex marriages, then one could just as easily be passed to a) criminalize abortion, or b) repeal the Income Tax, or c) overrule the Supreme Court's bogus interpretation of the 'commerce clause,' or d) overrule the Supreme Court's bogus interpretation of the 'necessary and proper' clause, or e) deny the Supreme Court it's bogus use of the 'compelling state interest' justification for permitting whatever Unconstitutional government action they take a fancy to.
9 posted on 06/30/2003 6:30:21 PM PDT by sourcery (The Evil Party thinks their opponents are stupid. The Stupid Party thinks their opponents are evil.)
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To: Sabertooth
I vote the Constitution. Marriage is a social contract between two individuals, the Constitution is the political contract between our state and our people.
10 posted on 06/30/2003 6:31:57 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: Sabertooth
Good question.

Marriage is older. The sacred union between two people will outlast any Constitution, because in the end, constitutions always get amended, fall apart, and ultimately fail.
11 posted on 06/30/2003 6:31:57 PM PDT by Cathryn Crawford (Check out my blog at: http://cathryncrawford.blogspot.com)
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To: Sabertooth
Considering the current divorce rate, and the growing number of childless married couples, I'd have to go with the Constitution at this point. Personally, I'd take the same as well. If you really love someone and plan to be with them the rest of your life, do you really need a contract?

But then again, that could be because I'm a godless sinner agnostic. ;)
12 posted on 06/30/2003 6:31:58 PM PDT by Quick1
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Yep, hands down Marriage. What's more likely to be desecrated: Marriage or the Constitution?

Well the Constitution has already been desecrated with the right to privacy overturning state's rights. That will lead to Marriage being desecrated.

13 posted on 06/30/2003 6:32:43 PM PDT by DannyTN (Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
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To: Sabertooth
The Constitution was based on Biblical principles. Marriage was ordained as a Godly sacrament. The latter is more sacred.
14 posted on 06/30/2003 6:33:33 PM PDT by gitmo (The perfect symbol for democracy: the guillotine.)
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To: sourcery
Yeah, kinda whets the appetite, doesn't it?


15 posted on 06/30/2003 6:33:37 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
marriage. It is the building block of ever society. The socialists work overtime to deconstruct marriage and family because it is the threat. The roles of each gender in a family threaten the leftist. The possibility of loyalty to the family over loyalty to the state irks the left. (the old USSR had a special award to children who turned in their parents as enemies of the state)

Marriage, preserve marriage and you preserve the constitution.
16 posted on 06/30/2003 6:33:53 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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To: Sabertooth
Agreed.
17 posted on 06/30/2003 6:34:16 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Sabertooth
If you're using sacred in the "highly valued" definition of the word, I vote Constitution. That paper is suppose to guarantee my right to marry whoever I prefer. Other societal contracts include arranged marriages. Besides, I believe marriage was invented by man - freedom was not.

Although I hate to see the slipperly slope this is heading down, I believe free consenting adults can join in whatever contractual arrangements they want. That said, I don't believe gays should be allowed to adopt.

18 posted on 06/30/2003 6:34:27 PM PDT by A Navy Vet ( b)
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To: Victoria Delsoul
You do?


19 posted on 06/30/2003 6:35:33 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
You know I do.
20 posted on 06/30/2003 6:37:15 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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