Yes it somewhat does fly against my beliefs about what government should and shouldnt dictate in personal life. Let me say this, I dont think marriage should have been a "federal mandate" as it has been. For instance in most states there is a clause that says if someone is in a relationship with you and resides with you for a certain amount of time that you are automatically entered into a common law marriage and I think that is wrong. In the end there is a precedent and we should draw the line somewhere, we cant keep making more and more laws of "inclusion" because there will always be one part of the population that will feel "excluded".
This current fight over gay marriage includes something that a lot of people forget, the rights of states to create and enforce their own laws according to the will of the majority of people in that state. California voters banned gay marriage and unless there is another public vote there should be no court in the land that should go against the will of the majority of voters or believe that their wishes are inconsequential.
I dont care about moral arguments, the power of VOTING should be the utmost freedom protected in this instance.
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Originally Posted by kane
If so, doesn't that fly against the conservative beliefs you posted above? If the government shouldn't be allowed to dictate social beliefs than anyone who wants to marry anyone else should be allowed to do so and the government should not be allowed to determine who can get married and who can get a civil union. There should only be one or the other. Either everyone can get married, or everyone gets a civil union.
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