Quote (Pootmasta_P @ Dec 21 2009 12:49am)
But no where does the United States constitution define marriage, it is a state issue. As it stands the states have the right to define marriage and who applies, it's not like homosexuals are being withheld their rights they have yet to be made...
Article 8 of the 14th Amendment. Protects rights against state infringements, which is what all straight people currently have. Gay marriage is either a rights issue or a civil liberties issue. Either way you look at it, the only reason it is illegal is because the government restricts both rights and liberties. If there were no government, there are churches that would marry gays as well as straights. Now that marriage is a state issue, it cannot be seen as a religious issue because of the separation of church and state.