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by AB-Joel on March 14th, 2004

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Does the US Constitution define marriage?

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  • by kedar on September 3rd, 2007

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    The United States Constitution does not define marriage, and under the U.S. constitution, the government should not be permitted to define marriage on a basis that unreasonably discriminates against individuals.

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  • by rusticus on March 29th, 2004

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    The US Constitution does not define marriage.

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  • by Muad dib on October 21st, 2004

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    The US Constitution doesn't need to concern itself with personal matters such as marriage; that is an authority best relegated to the states. The Constitution has always served to guarantee freedoms to Americans, never to deny them, witness the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol--- Prohibition--- which was repealed. The Constitution, in particularly the Bill of Rights, provides Americans with freedom of religion, and forbids the establishment of a state religion, and banning same-sex marriages based upon Biblical principles is crossing that line. Affording same-sex couples the basic rights reserved to heterosexual couples will not bring the Wrath of God upon the U.S., neither did ending slavery, desegregation, or granting equal rights to women.

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  • by Someone on September 3rd, 2007

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    No. There is NO reference to marriage. It DOES say however to seperate church from state. Marriage of a man and a woman is a CHURCH definition, marriage was created BY the chruch. So may I ask, why at the very least, do we use the chruch's definiton of marriage, let alone abolish it as a governmental idea and instill everyone with civil unions? That way people who want to still get "married" can go off and do so IN the chruch, and everyone can get the union in the government with the same rights.

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  • by Vampyre Bat on September 3rd, 2007

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    No, it does not. It has no direct reference to marriage. The framers of the constitution thought they had that all figured out. It may someday if an amendment is passed by congress and ratified by the states. Until that time there is no mention of marriage in any form in the constitution.

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  • by Marci Cox on February 13th, 2005

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    The constitution has served many great purposes over the years. However, it is outdated, was written solely by men way too long ago and should not dictate how we feel about others or express those feelings.

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  • by asweetguy4u2know saya R.I.P Nelson on September 3rd, 2007

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    No but there are morons in washington who are doing everything in their power to make sure it does.I consider myself a pretty religious person and all and I know what the bible says about homosexuality being an abomination in the sight of God however I don't think any religion should have so much control that we force our beliefs down the throats of everyone who doesn't think as we do. I for one am not adffected by two people of the same sex choice to be in a relationship together so if they want to be miserbale and have the same right to be misewrable in a marriage who am I or any other person to deny them that right.

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  • by Roger Kovaciny on September 3rd, 2007

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    The U.S. Constitution isn't a dictionary and doesn't define marriage or most of the other words in the English language. Everyone knew what marriage was and it wasn't necessary to address the question. It might be instructive to look up what the state of Utah was required to do before it was admitted to the Union. Mormons wanted to practice plural marriage, and that was legally forbidden--despite how people felt about it.

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