If marriage is a Civil Right who would you exclude?
While I cannot speak for anyone else,(wish more people on this forum felt that way) it's not my place to exclude.Nor do I have the power to do so.
And neither do you.
But if you ask me what my opinion is,I'd say children,plant's,and animals.
Here's a "what-if" scenerio.
What if we discover a sentient alien race and a member of their race,and a member of our race wanted to get married,(even though by external appearances look similar) would you try to prevent it?
If we were living in the Star Trek Universe,would you object to the marriage of the Vulcan named Sarek and the human named Amanda Grayson?
Lil' Spock's fate is dependent on the answer.
Marriage has always meant man + woman.
So what?Words can,have, and do change since humans started using words.
Why would only gays get the special civil right to change the definition to fit what they want,and not anyone else?
And are you saying that gays shouldn't have the right to at least try to change it?
Just asking?
Is the US a Republic where each state can decide what marriage is because marriage isn't in The Constitution, or is this country ruled by 9 lawyers in black robes with an iron fist?
Well,it sure isn't a theocracy,I can tell you that much.
Since I am in an interracial marriage,me and my wife are kind of glad the SCOTUS interfered when it did.
Look,I believe in states rights like any good Republican should.
But up to a point.
I don't want the states to determine that my marriage to a white woman isn't valid any more.
Eventually,even if SCOTUS doesn't interfere,I believe all 50 states will eventually allow SSM.
Gay Marriage is not a civil right
That's your opinion.
Do you believe Gay Marriage a Civil Right?
Of course I do.
I don't know about YOUR marriage (are you even married?) but me and Selena (and me and my late first wife Allison before her) had to go to City Hall,fill out some paper work,pay a fee,and get a marriage license before we could even get to the marriage ceremony.
Me and my wife file joint tax returns to the government.
So yeah,I think gay marriage is a civil right.