The bill of Rights was written simplistic for a reason, my friend. So regular folk could understand their rights without a lawyer.
This was my assessment, in steps:
1. Marriage exists because it's a religious ceremony for Christians.
2. The government got involved and gives religious marriage authorization, certification, and tax discounts. (unconstitutionally, see amendment one: government can make no law regarding religion or preventing The practice)
3. Any person can follow any religion in America (as long as it doesn't violate other human's rights.)
4. Create a new religion that allows gay marriage.
5. ???
6. Profit.
Allowing people to marry should and is protected under the first amendment. The Bill of Rights wasn't written in short, easy descriptions so that we could conflate meaning and exclude people of their rights. The truth is exactly opposite of that!
1. Marriage exists because it's a religious ceremony in pretty much every religion since man started talking.
2. The government got involved and provides a non-religious marriage.
3. this has nothing to do with religion
4. government marriage was defined and commonly understood to be a partnership between a man and a woman. this needed to be redefined, as any government thing does.
?? you are completely wrong
6. Profit for me. My taxes are a lot less after I got married (wife makes less), and will be even higher discounted if we have kids.
Getting married is not speech - it's a government status with limitations and rules, which needed to be updated and did. Getting married religiously is protected speech, and no one ever prevented anyone from doing that - man+man or man+dog. we had civil unions, and most had the same rights as marriage, for gay people. they didn't like that and redefined a dictionary and legal meaning of a word. who cares. let's redefine straight as inclusive of gay also just like a woman can now be born w/ a dick. I personally don't care. crazies do crazy stuff - effects me zero - I know my language and my world.
the truth, dear sir, is exactly opposite of what who wrote.
The bill of Rights was written simplistic for a reason, my friend. So regular folk could understand their rights without a lawyer.
This was my assessment, in steps:
1. Marriage exists because it's a religious ceremony for Christians.
2. The government got involved and gives religious marriage authorization, certification, and tax discounts. (unconstitutionally, see amendment one: government can make no law regarding religion or preventing The practice)
3. Any person can follow any religion in America (as long as it doesn't violate other human's rights.)
4. Create a new religion that allows gay marriage.
5. ???
6. Profit.
Allowing people to marry should and is protected under the first amendment. The Bill of Rights wasn't written in short, easy descriptions so that we could conflate meaning and exclude people of their rights. The truth is exactly opposite of that!