TJ

...you say Paul always uses the Constitution as his guide....Where in the Constitution is the Federal govt. given the authority to buy slaves and set them free, as he says it should have done as an alternative to the Civil War?

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/12/26/r...

And if so, are you supporting him because you believe he shares that view?

Just curious, as a lot of you act very similarly to the Alex Jones fanatics, and I've seen links to conspiracy theory sites in many of your links...

Forget whether or not the same-sex marriage should be legalized. Marriage is primarily a religious institution/rite. Why should the govt have the right to dictate who can or cannot get married? If the govt legalizes same-sex marriage, its only a lawsuit away (depending on the makup of the Supreme Court) from forcing religious institutions to recognize such marriages (and don't try and say that govts have never interfered with religious rights with respect to marriage before; they have). At the same time, if a religion feels they should have the right to marry same-sex couples, great! Let 'em do it. Not religious, but stil like the idea of a ceremony? Cool! Go out and do that in what ever manner strikes your fancy!

As for the legal benefits of marriage, there shouldn't be any. Go out and get powers of attorney, estate planning, etc to take care of those things.

With the exception of protecting minors from exploitation, the govt shouldn't be involved at all!