| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Impenitent,)
god is dead to the american government? have you looked at your money lately?<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Let's see -- it says 'in God we trust.' Oh, I know what that refers to: the Almighty Dollar!
But I don't see what that has to do with gay marriage.
I'm glad that you support civil unions. Most of what is needed can be done under that rubric, and support for civil unions is perhaps what will fly with the public. But still, I see no reason to discriminate, to retain civil marriage for heterosexual relationships (which is not to say for heterosexuals, just for openly man-woman civil unions) and provide some lesser 'civil union' for homosexual relationships. Separate but equal just doesn't work so well.
Still, if you want to restrict marriage, perhaps through a constitutional amendment, how about the following? If a person wants to marry a person of the same sex, then he/she will enter a gay marriage, while if a person wants to marry a person of the opposite sex, then she/he will enter a straight marriage? ;-)
And, by the way, our rights under the Constitution of the United States derive from the will of the people. Help from any supernatural entities that may exist will be appreciated; but the rights come from the will of the people. |