Would your child being gay effect your views on gay marriage?
2007-08-01 09:32:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Jim W i think you misunderstood something.
Brian the constitution does not address every subject specifically by name. read the 9th amendment
2007-08-01 09:48:05 · update #1
The constitution doesn't address marriage at all. It does, however, talk about "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" without defining happiness.
So if GuyA finds happiness with GuyB, who is to say that it is unconstitutional? If anything, by the wording in the Constitution, it is entirely constitutional. Each individual defines his or her own happiness, not the federal government.
2007-08-01 09:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, banning same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional. Just because some people feel discriminated against by said law, does not mean they have any less rights than anybody else.
Simply, we all have the right to marry a consenting adult of the opposite sex (with a few exceptions).
One thing overlooked is that the government HAS in the past defined marriage - such as when it made polygamy illegal, forcing Mormons into the conventional bigamy standards of others.
And it was under Clinton that the "Defense of Marriage Act" was passed, which allows states to NOT recognize marriages that are legal elsewhere that are not legal in their own state.
2007-08-01 16:56:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cheated. You asked two questions. Marriage is not in the Constitution. Homosexuality is an aberration. It ain't normal. Homosexuals are trying to use the marriage issue to make themselves appear normal. They are not "normal" and no amount of legislation or law suits will change that.
2007-08-01 16:40:35 · answer #3 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is. There is nothing in the Constitution that currently grants the federal government the right to decide who gets to marry and who doesn't.
And no, my child being gay would not affect my views on gay marriage at all.
2007-08-01 16:38:36 · answer #4 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No one is gay because gay marriage is allowed.
It is allowed by a love of Freedom of religion.
I have seen anti-gay marriage protestors spew some of the saddest hate I have ever seen. So the "moral" cover up doesnt wash.
2007-08-01 16:38:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, because they still have equal rights. A straight man can't marry a straight man, and a gay man can marry a gay woman.
2007-08-01 16:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully it will never happen. Once marriage is re-defined, it is opened up to other interpretations, and in the process, it will become diluted...even meaningless. And yes, that would effect my children...all future generations.
2007-08-01 16:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Fritz Milan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it is not. there are government reasons to not allow it. my child has nothing to do with it. if the prohibition against it is rationally related to a legitimate state purpose it is ok. sorry it is not a constitutional right.
2007-08-01 16:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by blktan23 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The constitution doesn't address marriage at all.
2007-08-01 16:36:36 · answer #9 · answered by Brian 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋