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I think they summarise their arguments themselves. For example "Although the policy arguments for extending marriage to same-sex couples may be compelling, the
by jmilloy 11y ago
I think they summarise their arguments themselves. For example
"Although the policy arguments for extending marriage to same-sex couples may be compelling, the legal arguments for requiring such an extension are not. The fundamental right to marry does not include a right to make a State change its definition of marriage. And a State’s decision to maintain the meaning of marriage that has persisted in every culture throughout human history can hardly be called irrational. In short, our Constitution does not enact any one theory of marriage. The people of a State are free to expand marriage to include same-sex couples, or to retain the historic definition."
[p. 2 of Robert's opinion, p. 41 of the pdf]
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf
- Retric 11y agoConsidering there are plenty of examples of "gay" marriage from thousands of years ago, calling strait marriage traditional seems factually incorrect. Edit: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1367/gay_marriagenothing_new_under_the_sun.aspx http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1367/gay_marriagenot...
- puredemo 11y agoTraditional for the US.
- mason240 11y ago>Considering there are plenty of examples of "gay" marriage from thousands of years ago That is not true. There are examples in Western Civilization of the acceptance of some homosexual behavior, but not of same sex marriage. Not even Roman Emperor Hadrian was able to marry his lover.
- Retric 11y agoThere are plenty of other examples of far more extreme behavior that was tolerated. So saying a Roman Emperor was unable to marry is clearly wrong ex: Nero. "Both Martial and Juvenal refer to marriage between men as something that occurs not infrequently, although they disapprove of it." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome