Markie Mark-
Your statements are naive and you are clearly uneducated.
At the time the Constitution was written in the late 18th Century,
"gay"
simply meant festive, happy, or beautiful, and the term had nothing to
do
with sexuality whatsoever. Since the term did not refer to
same-gendered
"friendship", which was the term used for same gender relationships at
that
time, the term "gay" does not exist in the Constitution at all, as the
term
as we now use it did not exist. In fact, in the 1780's, Sex was rarely
ever
discussed or mentioned at all outside of close private encounters
between
"friends" and couples behind closed doors. The Constitution does,
however,
state in the 14th amendment that discrimination against any citizen is
unlawful: " All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction<glossary.html#JURIS> thereof, are citizens
of
the United States and of the State wherein they reside.( No ) State
shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities
of
citizens of the United States; nor shall any State
deprive<glossary.html#DEPRIVE>any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due
process<consttop_duep.html> of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction<glossary.html#JURIS> the equal protection of the laws."
Therefore, the current unequal second calss citizen status of gays in
the
United States is unlawful, unconstitutional, and discriminatory.
So there you have it, Markie. I hope that this lesson in etymology and
the
Constitution enlightens you somewhat.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, THE ANNOINTED ONE
<[email protected]>wrote:
Tommy,
Please list all rights as enumerated in the Constitution that Gays
(etc) do not have.
You constantly harp about "RIGHTS" .... You never list them. Just
what
are those "Rights" that you feel are absent in your life that others
have.
Please DO NOT list "Privileges" or "Licenses" that can only be
granted
on a State level.
ONLY "Rights" are meant to be universal... The different "privileges"
and "licenses" that are left to the "Several States" are not now nor
were they ever meant to be, "Rights".
Each State is in itself "Sovereign" with local rules being that which
makes a State attractive to one and repulsive to another. (I would
NEVER live in Texas)
Traffic laws, Domestic violence laws, noise laws, land use laws,
marriage/divorce laws, and even the death penalty laws ALL vary from
State to State because the "Several States" have the "Right" to make
it so. They must bow to to will of the people in that State as long
as
it does not interfere with one of the Federally Guaranteed and
Constitutionally enumerated "Rights".
Just which of your Constitutionally Guaranteed and Enumerated
"Rights"
are you lacking ??
I'll wait for the list and your personal explanation for each. Then
we
can discuss it.
I am anxiously awaiting your well thought-out and accurate (remember,
Constitutionally Enumerated "Right") list to begin an earnest
discussion.
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