Gay marriage

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

robotboy Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

i love when people actually make the slippery slope argument . . . the "next people will be marying animals!"

those people have sick, twisted fucked up minds.

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nacho · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:54 am

Hegel-Oh's Wrote:

Marriage, in a legal and civil sense, is a privelege offered by this government.

Justice Scalia, is that you?

Hegel · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:17 am

nacho Wrote:

Hegel-Oh's Wrote:

Marriage, in a legal and civil sense, is a privelege offered by this government.

Justice Scalia, is that you?

haha. I mean, I suppose, in retrospect, I believe that's the case. I was not aware of the basic human right of marriage. If it is a right, then I am willing to be shown that.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:24 am

robotboy Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

i love when people actually make the slippery slope argument . . . the "next people will be marying animals!"

those people have sick, twisted fucked up minds.

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Quote:

he said the cobra never harmed her.

nacho · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:25 am

Hegel-Oh's Wrote:

nacho Wrote:

Hegel-Oh's Wrote:

Marriage, in a legal and civil sense, is a privelege offered by this government.

Justice Scalia, is that you?

haha. I mean, I suppose, in retrospect, I believe that's the case. I was not aware of the basic human right of marriage. If it is a right, then I am willing to be shown that.

It's been a few years since I took constitutional law, but I'd be surprised if the right to marry isn't a fundamental right under the Constitution.

law students?

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

Fundamental right to marry has been recognized by the SCOTUS

Right to Marry is spelled out in Loving, but other cases have said the Government can regulate it (Zablocki). Also, some have read Loving in a more constrained way and says it stands for the proposition that there is a fundamental right to marry someone of another race.

greezy · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:31 pm

yeah, what he said. it's definitely not a "privilege" in the same sense as a drivers license or even voting. both of those can get taken away if you break the law. but even a prisoner serving time for a horrible felony still has the right to get married. i'm not aware of any circumstances where two unattached adults of the opposite sex can legally be denied the right to marry.

harry · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:35 pm

druucifer Wrote:

not aware of any circumstances where two unattached adults of the opposite sex can legally be denied the right to marry.

Incest?

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:38 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

Oh man. That's perfect.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

druucifer Wrote:

yeah, what he said. it's definitely not a "privilege" in the same sense as a drivers license or even voting. both of those can get taken away if you break the law. but even a prisoner serving time for a horrible felony still has the right to get married. i'm not aware of any circumstances where two unattached adults of the opposite sex can legally be denied the right to marry.

all "fundamental rights" can be restricted; its just that a state has to pass a higher level of scrutiny by the Court when someone challenges those restrictions.

Atticus Finch · **Joined:** Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:18 pm **Posts:** 627

pollysix Wrote:

G-Force Wrote:

pollysix Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

but i think bush is making a big mistake. (what's new?) if gays could marry imagine the huge amounts of cash that'd flood our economy??

But then we'd be recognizing that they're humans with basic human rights just like straight people! It would be complete chaos.

Funny I never seem to wake up in the morning wondering who married whom.

Heh.

Don't recognize your screenname... I figure I'd best let you know that I was being intensely sarcastic (guess that was obvious, but needed to tell you anyway).

Thanx, no prob at all. I understood from the get go. Your points are well taken.

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