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Is it? The Fourteenth Amendment was used in the landmark case of Loving v. Virginia to repeal anti-miscegenation laws, making interracial marriage legal. But it doesn't exactly cover same-sex marriage. I would like Paul to fully support gay marriage, but at least he's more lenient towards it than the other republicans. I'm not going to quit supporting him just based on that one issue. |
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States Rights has been horribly corrupted because every time its been invoked, historically, it has been over an issue that wasn't a states right. |
Incarcerated murders and child molesters are allowed to marry, but gay people are not? It's disgraceful.
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That's why the federal government has the power to override when a state infinges on the rights on the individual that are granted by the constitution.
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Yeah thats fine, but why doesn't it cover gay marriage?
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Well, the relevant section of the 14th amendment is: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Maintaining marriage is between two people of different sexes =/= not denying homosexuals life, liberty or property. Homosexuals can still marry and recieve all the benefits therein, they just can't marry people of the same sex. So what this is about, then, is the definition of marriage. |
What i mean to say is "nullification" was never something allowed by the 10th Amendment. Also, what is that an example of.
As for your position on marriage equality, my question back to you is "why can't they marry people of the same sex?" Marriage isn't specified in the Constitution, and the 14th Amendment is the trumping law given American Laws hierarchy. So states banning gay marriage are illegal by virtue of the U.S. Constitution. |
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Well if Obama doesn't get reelected.....can we have him?
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But in all seriousness, I think Obama will be doing 8 years. None of the other GOP candidates other than Mitt or Ron Paul have a chance to beat Obama. |
He's not nearly as bad as some folks, who get paid to hate him, say he is. Im voting for him because I think if he loses it will reinforce the sort of political non-sense we've seen since 2009.
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I support Obama over all other republicans except Paul. But I'm not sure if he deserves another term. What good has he done since he got elected?
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Well, he's done some good things like make the environment a priority and brought some troops back home, but the economy is in pretty bad shape.
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Here, try this: What the heck has Obama done so far? |
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Also guilty of overlooking the fact that there's only so much a president can do in four years. And what I mean by that is of course he can't whip it up into to perfect shape in four years, considering what he inherited from Bush. But the unemployment rate has risen in Obama's term. |
1. Whats the difference between me giving you facts or a website?
2. Its not "in 4 years" even, its "at all". Congress is the driving force in this country. Its why they're first in the constitution, its why they have the control of the finances. 3. Its not fair to blame Bush 43 alone. It was 30 years of undoing financial regulation we had had in place since the 1930's. I think Congress repealed Glass-Stegal in '98 or '99 and that's what lead to most of this. 4. The unemployment is falling. Jobs are coming home. Jobs are a lagging indicator. And we're slashing the debt by moving troops out at a more rapid rate. What else do you want from the guy? |
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I was just simply stating that the unemployment has gone up since he took over. |
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You may have a bone to pick with the Defense of Marriage Act, as that arguably messes with the “Full Faith & Credit Clause” of the Constitution. |
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