Current vol advot of a nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage ought to nsir the old Che adage, “Be reful what you wish for, bee you may get .” A gay marriage amendment, if adopted, uld produce untend and fateful nsequenc for the U.S. Constutn. Some of the possible rults are certa to prove distasteful to the proposal’s supporters, not to mentn damagg to nfince our nstutnal system.
Contents:
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS ABOUT THE FERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT AND GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- THE GAY-MARRIAGE AMENDMENT: A DANGER TO THE CONSTUTN
- SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS CONSTUTNALY OF GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE, OTHER RIGHTS AT RISK AFTER U.S. SUPREME COURT ABORTN MOVE
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS ABOUT THE FERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT AND GAY MARRIAGE
Texas: “The Texas statute mak homosexuals unequal the ey of the law by makg particular nduct—and only that nduct—subject to crimal sanctn... The send sentence go further; would overri any existg lol and state level protectns and benefs for gay and lbian upl, or any other unmarried uple, cludg hospal visatn rights, herance rights, pensn benefs, and health surance among others. If they are different name only, why do gays and lbians need to be “”married””?
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
While civil unns are a meangful step toward endg discrimatn agast gay and lbian upl, they fall short of te equaly by settg up a separate tegory of rights and protectns for gay and lbian upl.
THE GAY-MARRIAGE AMENDMENT: A DANGER TO THE CONSTUTN
Gay and lbian Amerins serve the ary, keep our muni safe as firefighters and police officers, staff our hospals, build our ci and pay tax.
Gay and lbian upl long-term mted relatnships should not be nied legal rights pensns, health surance, hospal visatns, and herance that other long-term mted upl enjoy. Unfortunately, our laws ntue to ny a basic right to marry to two adults simply bee they are gay or lbian. What about relig groups who believe homosexualy is wrong – won’t this prsure them to regnize homosexual upl or accept marriage of gay and lbian upl?
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS CONSTUTNALY OF GAY MARRIAGE
The First Amendment protects the right of people of fah to anize themselv acrdg to their own beliefs and tradns, and no law regnizg marriage of lbian and gay upl will lim the eedom of religns to fe marriage as each se f.
What about those people who say their relig beliefs are threatened by marriage of lbian and gay upl? Endg discrimatn agast gays and lbians is the same thg. Amerins’ attus toward the rights of gays and lbians are evolvg jt as attus on civil rights of other groups of Amerins have evolved over time.
GAY MARRIAGE, OTHER RIGHTS AT RISK AFTER U.S. SUPREME COURT ABORTN MOVE
Pollg data shows that Amerins oppose discrimatn agast gays and lbians. 5, 2022Follow our live verage of the Supreme Court heargs that ps ee speech agast gay rights. “You’ve got a ton of people who have entered to gay marriag, and would be more than a ltle chaotic for the urt to do somethg that somehow dispted those marriag that have been entered to acrdance wh the law, ” Mr.
Lears did not officially stct their members to vote no, acrdg to two people faiar wh the ternal discsns, makg the vote more a matter of personal bloc of Republins who supported the measure amounted to ls than a quarter of the party nference, but that was a far greater proportn than gay rights legislatn has drawn the past om G. ” Her sister, Mary Cheney, is gay and married wh children, and Liz Cheney’s earlier opposn had ed a rift the famo fay.
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