2007-02-18 18:53:09 · 19 answers · asked by thesunshineking 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
It doesn't say they can't. Just the crazy homophobes are afraid of it, and so it is illegal. The only way to do it is make a case and get it up to the Supreme Court. Then they will debate it and decide.
2007-02-19 01:47:25 · answer #1 · answered by Busta 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes and it will happen soon, within the next decade at least. Unlike other countries, democratic countries always end up dong what makes there citizens better off and seldom chase ideals for long. The problems with ideals is that they have to be proven to be beneficial; at one point in time this was easy to manipulate because kings and the church could use scar tactics but today people demand proof and make their own decision on what is a positive outcome.
Eventually in our society, no matter how strong ideals are and how persuasive the propaganda, the walls will fall and freedom will be the ultimate outcome. Racism changed the constitution because it was better for the American people as a whole including both the slaves and the owners; every new generation find its harder and harder to justify racism because everyday human experience tells no matter what evolutionary details, ethnic trends and perceived difference in both physical and mental attributes that may exist, no matter how serious the consequences may seem at the time, everyone is ALWAYS better off when you give another person freedom.
The Communist Party in the former Soviet Union was one of the most effective authorities to try to strip its citizens of their freedoms under the banner of an idealism: Communism. For decades they did succeed but at what cost? How much propaganda did it take? How many did the KGB imprison and kill? How many did Stalin have starve to death? Eventually the wall would come down and they would fail. Why? Because you can't restrict information. The people may be afraid now, they even may have he strongest convictions now but the more they eventually learn the faster they come to the same conclusion the French came up with during their revolution and the soviet citizens in theirs, the same conclusion the slaves came up with and the same conclusion women and every minority and majority have come up with: THE BEST WAY IS THE FREE WAY.
When has it better served anyone or any group, either repressed or represser, in the entire history of the world, to restrict any group freedom? Could the prosperity of our society exist without those how didn't give a dam and risked to be free and those who took a chance and gave it a chance? No. I don't think so. And I don't think we are about to reverse that trend anytime soon.
It doesn't matter if gay marriage is morally right or wrong or dangerous to society as some might have us to believe because in the end, greater freedom for one more marginalized group in our society will yet again lead to greater things and even more prosperity for everyone. When it comes to gay marriage there are a lot of terrifying "what ifs" and concerns regarding the obvious differences (as their was in racism) clouding the debate but I believe eventually the American people will see a ray of light and come to make the same decisions as their ancestors did and give freedom another chance because its the right thing to do.
2007-02-19 03:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At this time, the parameters of marriage are up to the state, not federal government.
Though I'm loathe to support altering the Constitution, I have one really good reason to want to do it:
I live in Kansas.
In '05 Kansas passed an amendment to the state constitution which limited the legal definition of marriage, dashing any hope (hah) any gay Kansan couples had of aquiring equal status, and threatening the validity of commonlaw (heterosexual) partnerships.
I myself am gay, and though I don't ever want to get married, I still want the RIGHT to make a promise which years later costs me most of my assets in alimony and lawyer fees and then there are the kids and the visitation rights and . . .
yeah, still want that RIGHT.
And if Kansas won't tow the line, guess that puts it up to Uncle Sam to deliver.
2007-02-19 03:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by adnammit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The right to marry is already guaranteed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, for every individual.
However, if it was the only way to get people to recognize this, I'd certainly support an amendment for gay marriage.
2007-02-19 02:58:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
The US constitution already does allow for Gays to get Married, it's the incorrect interpretation of the Constitution by our court system that is the problem
2007-02-19 04:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by martin 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Equal rights to ALL Americans... automatically, that includes Gay People. There is no need to re-write the Constitution, only the need to actually practice what it proclaims.
2007-02-19 03:02:29 · answer #6 · answered by Chris C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not? Why should straights have all the fun?
After all it is not for the government to tell people who can and
who can not be happy.
They should not be caving in to the religious right wing that is
slowly losing not only power but a grip on reality
2007-02-19 03:12:51 · answer #7 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it should be amended to bar the government from discriminating against anyone on the basis of sexual orientation.
2007-02-19 02:58:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Their is too much at stake.Their are lives at stake here.Without it they can't claim one an other as dependents,They do not have the rite to raze a family or shear in things others get to experience.
2007-02-20 00:04:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution is a group of extraordinary sentences and phrases. We need to keep people from screwing with it from either side.
2007-02-19 08:22:06 · answer #10 · answered by Tinker Bell 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋