[TheRealThing]

I never said that. What I said is that I believe that states have the right to define marriage however they want (in the absence of a constitutional amendment) because the US Constitution does not define marriage. States should have the right to define the criteria for marriage unless and until the Constitution is amended to supersede states' rights on this issue.

It is not a civil rights issue. Does that mean that some federal court and perhaps the Supreme Court itself may someday reinterpret the Constitution and declare marriage a civil right? Of course not. Given enough liberal justices Supreme Court who are willing to consider public opinion and international laws when determining the "constitutionality" of American laws, anything is possible. That is what make jokers like Barack Obama so dangerous to the long term viability of our constitutional system.

I sincerely doubt the founding fathers could have concieved an issue like this as being within the realm of possibility. Therefore, the need to define marriage as between one man and one woman didn't seem neccessary at the time due to the fact that marriage was clearly defined in the scriptures.

Matthew 19:4-6 (KJV)

The Lord Jesus speaking;
4" And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."


Permitting gays to marry legally, legitimizes the lifestyle. If the court system rolls over on this one I don't know how there could be any restriction on marriage whatever. Any two, or for that matter any group, of people would have to be extended the legal right to marry. What will be the new guideline for what is to be considered a legal marriage? Anything at all as long as the participants are human?

Nobody is stopping gays from being together. This isn't about rights, it's about legitimizing the lifestyle. Let them live together if they want, it's not up to anyone of us to judge them but passing laws in support of gay marriage is another blunder.