I'm against it.
The US Supreme Court, decades ago, conjured up some fundamental rights that they believed existed from the prenumbras and emanations from the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Leaving aside the somewhat obvious point that if a right is a fundamental right, such a right should be apparent to all and not require the divine interpretation of 9 select individuals and the viewing thereof from shadows, one should wonder how marriage (held to be a fundamental right) is "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty," or how gay marriage, in particular, is "deeply rooted in the US' history and tradition."
Furthermore, one should question why a right that was once deemed to be fundamental (i.e., the right to contract) is no longer considered to be fundamental, but I digress.
If marriage is (as the Court has held) a fundamental right, then does that necessarily mean that all forms and types of marriages are similarly fundamental rights? I do not think so, but the Court--at least as to gay marriage [and perhaps as to all forms of human joinder, given the looseness of the Court's opinion]--disagrees.
Yet is it the Court's right to create new definitions for age-old terms?
Cannot marriage be a fundamental right, but only as to those who can partake in that institution, insofar as that institution is defined?
Ultimately, the Supreme Court made a political, and legislative and not a Constitutional decision. Unfortunately, it is not the province of the Supreme Court to make political and legislative decisions.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Gay people want to be equal, that's what it boils down to. Creating a different isn't equal, religious people and groups don't have a monopoly on the word marriage, it really is that simple.
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Well, here's the thing: Gay people aren't equal.
In fact, because everyone is different and unique, no one is equal.
So I wish people would stop expecting equality.
And I certainly wish people would stop asking for others to celebrate their differences and diversity, when at the same time demanding to be treated as equal as anyone else.