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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 years ago

Will the Supreme Court invalidate gay marriage?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    I think the opposite actually

    there is one conservative on court (forget name) who has written prior opinions pro-gay

    but the way the court is doing this they intend making a comprehensive decision one way or the other

    Source(s): TW
  • 8 years ago

    My guess is,if they give the proper argument,I think the Supreme Court may in fact support it.

    My personal guess is that the winning argument is the Equal Protection Argument. Marriage is solely a function of Govt,even your Clergy need approval from the State for any legally binding Marriage. So why should any Citizen be denied equal treatment under these laws

    August

  • 8 years ago

    one more opportunity to learn something....

    ...the issue is not "marriage" but how state laws are made or changed....

    ...please keep in mind that, once you grant a minority with lots of high-paid attorneys and celebrity support, the right to create or change laws without having to qualify through the established process by which every other law must qualify... you grant that same right to any future minority who you may not like so much..

    ...like it or not, the concepts of legal and social tradition still play a role in lawmaking... affecting everything from obscenity and drug laws to age of consent...

    ...on the marriage issue, once you deem it a 'right'...how do you argue against polygamy and incest? Majority rule? Tradition? Morality? Sorry...none of those apply anymore.

    ...When a California city clerk over-stepped his authority and started handing out marriage licenses to non-qualifying couples, he was regarded as a "hero".... What happens when a Texas clerk begins to hand out gun licenses to non-qualified people based on the concept of "rights?" And before you argue "public safety" keep in mind that several courts have ALREADY ruled that more guns do not constitute a public safety threat...

    So once again, the only thing keeping you "safe" is the public's right to determine and enforce their own set of qualifications (or licensing standards).... Why are you willing to take away that public right?

  • 8 years ago

    Who knows? But i would like to say that no where in the constitution does it talk about marriage

    Source(s): I know my history
  • Philip
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Only if the ignore the Constitution.

  • Norm
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Gay marriage? Possibly -- separation of church and state.

    Gay civil union? No.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I believe they will go for it.I wont pretend it wont be the beginning of something.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Before the ObamaCare ruling I would have said yes, but now I don't know. hehehe

    Source(s): hehehe
  • 8 years ago

    Yep they will rule that it is for one man and one women only.

  • 8 years ago

    How could they?

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