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Topic | Alito and Thomas are already taking aim at the Obergefell decision |
Questionmarktarius 10/05/20 8:07:42 PM #19: | s0nicfan posted... Nobody is saying that. The discussion is over whether marriage, a religious institution, should confer legal benefits to married couples in a country that has constitutionalized the separation of church and state.Marriage and civil union aren't mentioned in the constitution, therefore the 10th amendment strongly implies that it's entirely up to the states. You can make a convincing 14th amendment argument that limiting it to "one man and one woman" is unconstitutional, or the ERA would have made that a moot point had it ever ratified. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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