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Originally posted by gtill
And why not multiple spouses, as we so respect Islam that'll be next.
Good question.
I suspect it’s because the United States Supreme Court has already ruled based on a determination of fact of United Sates founding law that a person could only be married to one person at a time.
This was not a limit on religious rights; it was an acknowledgement of religious rights. All known religions at the time of the founding of the United States recognized a marriage of two, but not all recognized a married of three or more. (Note the US Supreme Court did not say male and female, just two individuals). Further the courts also stated that if the claim of religion could be used to justify any action, what’s to prevent someone from also claiming that human sacrifices was a religious practice or that having sex with a infant is religious action? The Constitution does not grant an absolute right to practice religion as anyone sees fit, it grants the right to religious opinion, freedom from a national religion, and the rights to practice a religion consistent with federal law.
As such federal law had established marriage between two individuals as the neutral religious position of government. Such a limit does not deny anyone the right to marriage, just the number of spouses that constitutes a marriage.
Federal law absolutely prohibits discrimination based on:
Race – Illegal to prohibit marriage between people of the same or different races
Religion – Illegal to prohibit marriage between people of the same or different Religion.
Color – Illegal to prohibit marriage between people of the same or different skin color
National Origin – Illegal to prohibit marriage between people from the same or different national origin
Age (over age of consent and above 40) – Illegal to prohibit marriage between people of the same or different ages.
Disability (providing mental capacity is met) Illegal to prohibit marriage between people with the same or different disabilities
Veteran – Illegal to prohibit marriage between people who are or are not veterans.
YET,
SEX – Some just can’t bring themselves to make it illegal to prohibit marriage between people of the
same or different sexes.
Oh what a bunch of hypocrites who will stand up waving the American flag and talk about the freedom of this country all the while trying to deny people their rights. So maybe same sex couples are more American than those who claim to be true real red blooded Americans fighting for freedom so long as it meets their political and religious ideology,
just like the Taliban.
Now ain't that a kicker to them? [:0]