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Gay Marriage |
Nov 30 2009, 06:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 164 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 484,926 |
Should the legalization of gay marriage be determined by public referendum?
Please Note: This topic isnt about whether or not gay marriage is good or bad, or if it should be legalized. The topic is about the method of deciding if it should be legal. |
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Dec 21 2009, 01:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
Ah, okay. But therein lies the problem of the Constitution itself. It doesn't define marriage and there aren't any Amendments defining it (which is good), but it gives the power to Congress to make Amendments like that. So even if laws that forbid same-sex marriage were abolished to concede with the Constitution, Congress could reinstate those laws as Federal laws, still acting in accordance with the Constitution.
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