Not that I feel I'll get any argument from the people that read this (the whole 6 or so of you), but here are some points on why gay marriage can, and should, not be made illegal:
1) Even if gay marriage were to be legalized, the government could in no way force any church to marry them. The seperation of Church and state. Gay marriage is kept legal, not banned, no amendments made, and everyone wins. Gays can get married, and the church keeps it's sanctity and doesn't sin
2) This means that gays would be able to go to a court to get married (just as heterosexual couples have had this right to have a non-religious marriage for a very long time). Unless you somehow consider government-sanctioned marriage to be holy (how this could be is beyond me . . . since it is out of the Church and not at all associated with God), I don't see where your argument comes from. In fact, you have a faulty argument. The only argument one can now have is to say that government-sanctioned marriage itself should be outlawed and marriage is only allowed via a church, however, civil unions are great if you feel that way
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3)Anyone that supports the anti-gay marriage amendment should really look at the history of american politics. In the last 215 years, only 27 amendments have been made to the US Constitution. 10 of them, the bill of rights, were ratified immediately afterwards, and guaranteed rights to the people and the states. As for the other 17, the majority of them dealt with granting universal suffrage, ending slavery, and "housekeeping" items. Social policy? Try no. 18, prohibition. The only one ever to be repealed. A marriage amendment (among other suggestions) would be ludicrously out of place.
4)Banning same-sex marriage would infringe on freedom of religion. Consider this: There are some branches within Christianity, along with other religions, that support same-sex marriage. For the government to then tell them they can no longer conduct those ceremonies would, then, violate the First Amendment's protection of religious freedom.
5) If you're going to get rid of gay marriage simply because God says so, you best be getting rid of divorce. And if you're going to get rid of it because they can't physically create kin (even though they can adopt), you best make every couple who wants to get married take a test to see if they can do it too
and I'm spent.
Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest . See, us Canadians are being awesome about it, you Americans... not so much
1) Even if gay marriage were to be legalized, the government could in no way force any church to marry them. The seperation of Church and state. Gay marriage is kept legal, not banned, no amendments made, and everyone wins. Gays can get married, and the church keeps it's sanctity and doesn't sin
2) This means that gays would be able to go to a court to get married (just as heterosexual couples have had this right to have a non-religious marriage for a very long time). Unless you somehow consider government-sanctioned marriage to be holy (how this could be is beyond me . . . since it is out of the Church and not at all associated with God), I don't see where your argument comes from. In fact, you have a faulty argument. The only argument one can now have is to say that government-sanctioned marriage itself should be outlawed and marriage is only allowed via a church, however, civil unions are great if you feel that way
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3)Anyone that supports the anti-gay marriage amendment should really look at the history of american politics. In the last 215 years, only 27 amendments have been made to the US Constitution. 10 of them, the bill of rights, were ratified immediately afterwards, and guaranteed rights to the people and the states. As for the other 17, the majority of them dealt with granting universal suffrage, ending slavery, and "housekeeping" items. Social policy? Try no. 18, prohibition. The only one ever to be repealed. A marriage amendment (among other suggestions) would be ludicrously out of place.
4)Banning same-sex marriage would infringe on freedom of religion. Consider this: There are some branches within Christianity, along with other religions, that support same-sex marriage. For the government to then tell them they can no longer conduct those ceremonies would, then, violate the First Amendment's protection of religious freedom.
5) If you're going to get rid of gay marriage simply because God says so, you best be getting rid of divorce. And if you're going to get rid of it because they can't physically create kin (even though they can adopt), you best make every couple who wants to get married take a test to see if they can do it too
and I'm spent.
Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest . See, us Canadians are being awesome about it, you Americans... not so much
And small dogs are not evil. I don't think living in an appartment with a Great Dane would be very practical