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dumpdabaggers (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:21 PM Original message |
Is marriage a right or a privilege? Constitution makes no mention of it. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting question. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Where does it mention water fountains? |
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dumpdabaggers (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Or Socialisim, Communism, "free market," or Capitalism. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. My point is lost. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly! + 1000000!! nt. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Like driving, the government considers anything that requires a license a privilege |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's neither... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You're right, it is a contract, however... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. According to the SCOTUS in VA vs Loving, a right. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. not specifically but the Constitutional problem with not allowing equal rights |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Anything not mentioned in the Constitution is by default a right |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Marriage was not a requirement until states decided it was necessary for public policy. |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. also inheritance rights, |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why should the state be involved at all? It's a personal decision. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. In my view, the Constitution does not because it should not. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Interesting thread since more and more... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Supreme Court has said it's a fundamental right - a "basici civil right" |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. seems throughout history its been a privilege |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. Ahem. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is my surprised face. n/t |
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