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In reply to the discussion: Elena Kagan says: [View all]Fearless
(18,421 posts)50. Would you point out the part of the Constitution where...
It guarantees marriage rights? If it does, please show us where.
Thanks!
EDIT TO ADD: You may suggest the 14th Amendment. And in the future you may be right; I hope someday the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment is grounds for marriage equality. However, no such case has been ruled on by the court yet; therefore, the 14th Amendment can't be used to say that people have the Constitutional right to marriage. Because today it doesn't mean that. Because no one has ever made that case on the federal level and won. There is no precedent yet.
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Your right to privacy cannot be infringed upon. Negative right, not positive.
WingDinger
Jun 2012
#25
That's true, but the elephant in the room here is that reason and logic are not primary
Zorra
Jun 2012
#54
We covered Loving in my Business Law class for my MBA, and that's fairly recent.
Creideiki
Jun 2012
#56
I'm so glad we have you here to remind us that we don't deserve equal rights.
Creideiki
Jun 2012
#44