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I know exactly how it works and what they are supposed to do. They did not base this decision off of anything in the constitution because the constitution doesn't cover any of it.

 

It wasn't just me. I gave you the comment from Blackmun who said exactly what I did. Yes, I find it unusual and disappointing that such and important decision would be fraught with such esoteric concepts as intimacy. Most men run from that term and for good reason. What the hell does it mean exactly?

Erosion of what are considered basic rights is what I'm talking about. You say equal protection.....fine, now we have gone from privacy to marriage. What's next? I don't condone discrimination. I support the 14th Amendment. I find it sadly comical that the ERA never got ratified but gay marriage is now copacetic.

I don't believe in a Constitutional right to privacy or marriage. The feds shouldn't tell people what to do with their bodies, nor force others to accept a populace stance on marriage, one way or the other.

Of course not because you are not in the heart of the matter. I attend as many gay marriages as I do straight. It is not just about the license and legal status. They want communal acceptance and to be seen as husband/wife, and all the inglorious situations that hetero spouses find themselves in.

Give it time.

I don't want to speak for other people. I don't even necessarily agree with most of their argument however, 1) I don't believe this should be a Constitutional issue and 2) I will support their right to speak their peace, have their opinion, and decry anyone else's attempt to tell them to "shut up" which is what I continue to see.

 

@LaSalleAve likes to express righteous indignation over lots of issues. Any politician or public figure he disagrees with is automatically labeled a douche or a scumbag. I seriously doubt that he majority of Americans favor legal gay marriage but there are bigger issues for most folks that decide their vote. They say let the wackos do what they want as long as it doesn't take money out of my pocket.

Here is a statistic I just made up but I'm sure is true: Over 99% of the people who make their living from weddings (planners, dressmakers, photographers, ect.) are in favor of gay marriage.

 

How do they decide which one is going to be the husband and which one will be the wife? Is the more dominant partner whether male or lesbian automatically the husband?

 

Today, on the mound we have...

 

Speaking of mounds, have you seen Melonie?

 

So now it's a problem, it wasn't a problem when gay people were being discriminated against now it's a problem because the people who discriminated are being discriminated against. I see where you're going. And I said I don't see how they can't evolve. The people who are putting up a stink about are the ones pouting, that are hateful and miserable, and if that is hate speech on my part you are the biggest PC liberal on the planet.

And yes it is a fact. It has ZERO effect unless YOU let it and that's your problem not everyone else's.

 

Gay people were not being discriminated against in the area of marriage until somebody decided that they were and then they all jumped onboard with the idea. Are dogs and cats being discriminated against because PETA decided that animals have "rights?"

 

I don't believe it's a Constitutional right, period. You are really narrow minded sometimes. One does not have to be hateful or miserable in order to stand up for their rights. Gay folks can be pretty hateful and miserable in their own attempt to blend in. Those characteristics are not unique to any one group, just to individuals.

It is not a fact. And it does not change the process of saying what you believe in no matter how many other people try to tell you to shut up, sit down, and like it.