Should States Decide Gay Marriage For Themselves?
Gay Marrisage Support is rising in the United States of America and other countries around the world. In 1996 The United States of America passed DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) which Section 3 of Defense of Marriage Act reads In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word 'Marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was found unconsitutional by Supeme Court of the United States (United States V. Windsor) in a 5-4 Decision it was found to unconstitutional under the 5th Amendment Due Process Clause which says [N]or shall any state deprive any person person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law....
LGBT Activists cheered the ruling by SCOTUS.
While Religious Groups and Most GOP members are in uproar over the ruling by SCOTUS.
Meanwhile people are wondering if this should be a state issue or a national issue in the face of DOMA and other laws that De Facto (In Fact) or De Jure (In Law) ban or attempts to make gay marriage legal across this country.
Politicans are coming out in support for Gay Marriage such as President of the United States Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton and other liberals have wanted the government to legalize gay marriage.
While Ron Paul and other Libertarians have said that the government should get out of marriage.
While Social Conservatives want to have Marriage as 1 Man and 1 Woman. Rick Santorum and others think this.
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It's true, but the state supreme courts are determining that denying these rights is unconstitutional. So, there is no point in leaving it up to the state because the only constitutional thing to do is legalize it. This has nothing to do if it is unconstitutional or not this is about do you think the United States of America's States should decide Gay Marriage for themselves? Side: No
Wrong it's a civil liberty issue and when it comes to that it falls under the founding principles of what the United states stands for, however I would agree if it was something like property tax, or even setting the states speed limit but not when it comes to any persons right to live free equally under the law. Side: No
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The five to four decision was not decisive enough and the supreme court doesn't seem to care about the constitution. The answer should be both because the federal government should be able to have their qualifications and the States should have their own standards too if they want to. Side: Yes
Federal laws like these attack many religious beliefs of the states population and trounces the right of the state. Let the states decide if they want it or not. People shouldn't force the states into something they don't want. If you are talking about DOMA it would not recognize Gay Marriages approved by the states. How does it repeal hurt the rights of the states? Side: Yes
I'd rather 'big government' not stick it's paws into this issue more than it has already done so. The resulting pressure of other states would inevitably lead to a universal adoption, except perhaps the most right-wing of states and even then they'd be hard pressed. Side: Yes
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No not when it comes to civil rights, If a state wants to suppress a persons freedom then that state should not be part of the United State of America, people seem to forget that the USA means just that "united" under one roof for the sake of freedom, if any individual state goes against freedom in anyway then that state is not USA worthy. If any one state takes the civil liberties of any one group of people ,religious or not, that state should be kicked to the curb, why you might ask well because if a state takes any freedom whats to stop that state from going further, in the end this will bite everyone in there ass if left unchecked. Side: No
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