RE: Marriage discrimination struck down in Arkansas.
May 10, 2014 at 8:07 pm
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2014 at 8:08 pm by Heywood.)
(May 10, 2014 at 6:27 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote:(May 10, 2014 at 5:45 pm)Heywood Wrote: So if some judge decides that you have a right to shoot gingers that makes it okay? In a democracy, all rights are voted on. Your rights under The Constitution and the The Bill of Rights came into
existence via a vote. Maddow is an idiot.
That's funny, because the Delcaration says that certain rights are unalienable. The Constitution does not grant anybody rights. It recognizes the fact that we have those rights, and always should have had those rights. That was the entire point. And, that is the entire point of the marriage equality fight. Same-sex couples should have never been denied the right to marry in the first place. This isn't giving special rights, this is fixing a historical mistake.
Would you think it would be okay if the voters decided that we had the right to shoot gingers? (which is a stupid example because that right violates the rights of others, and marriage equality violates nobody's rights)
This is the first strong point I have seen you make in a very long time Ryantology. But the fact is, it doesn't matter what description the Constitutions gives these rights, they were enacted by a vote. People voted on which rights are "inalienable". Another constitution can come along and say a completely different set of rights are "inalienable". In principle we could desolve the Constitution just like we did the Articles of Confederation.
The Constitution, to my recollection, doesn't say anything about marriage. I don't believe marriage is an unalienable right under the Constitution.
(May 10, 2014 at 5:53 pm)Losty Wrote: I will refrain from saying who I believe to be an idiot
Usually the idiots are the people that make their arguments with internet memes.