re: Judge strikes down Arizona's ban on gay marriage

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Are city gun bans unconstitutional in your opinion?

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If I'm interpreting the Amendment completely literally? Yes.

But I'd also need to allow citizens to have nuclear weapons.

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You mean all 19 of those states, and DC affirmatively voted in favor of gay marriage?

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Was gay marriage imposed upon them by one person in a black robe sitting in a federal courthouse?

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The drafters and ratifiers of that amendment meant for it to apply to gay marriage?

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No, dumb arse. They meant for it to apply to the citizens of the United States of America.

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I'll change my mind if you can find ONE mention of that topic in the Congressional Record, or in any of the records of the state ratification committees.

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What does that have to do with anything?

By that standard, Congress would have to address an infinite number of topics each time a bill was passed or an amendment was voted on.

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But what about the states that don't make a law but simply define marriage between a man and a woman?

Is that different?

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nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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I would think that would fall under this. The law protects the right to marry, period. Adding qualifiers or introducing definitions doesn't really help.

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Remember that line when the wind changes it course.

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I don't think you just said what you think you just said.

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People for SODOMY do.

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Fixed it for you.

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o you're saying city gun bans are constitutional?

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Yes. I'm pretty sure the Bill of Rights starts out as "Congress shall make no law". The city is not congress nor is a state.

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Yes. I'm pretty sure the Bill of Rights starts out as "Congress shall make no law". The city is not congress nor is a state.

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The First Amendment starts that way. Not the entire Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment only says:

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

There is no qualifier; it simply says that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

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Assume I'm stupid. Please answer my questions.

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PART VII. COVENANT MARRIAGE
§272. Covenant marriage; intent; conditions to create
A. A covenant marriage is a marriage entered into by one male and one female who understand and agree that the marriage between them is a lifelong relationship. Parties to a covenant marriage have received counseling emphasizing the nature and purposes of marriage and the responsibilities thereto. Only when there has been a complete and total breach of the marital covenant commitment may the non-breaching party seek a declaration that the marriage is no longer legally recognized.
B. A man and woman may contract a covenant marriage by declaring their intent to do so on their application for a marriage license, as provided in R.S. 9:224(C), and executing a declaration of intent to contract a covenant marriage, as provided in R.S. 9:273. The application for a marriage license and the declaration of intent shall be filed with the official who issues the marriage license.
C. A covenant marriage terminates only for one of the causes enumerated in Civil Code Article 101. A covenant marriage may be terminated by divorce only upon one of the exclusive grounds enumerated in R.S. 9:307. A covenant marriage agreement may not be dissolved, rescinded, or otherwise terminated by the mutual consent of the spouses.
Acts 1997, No. 1380, §3; Acts 2006, No. 249, §1

We done here?

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Art. 3520. Marriage
A. A marriage that is valid in the state where contracted, or in the state where the parties were first domiciled as husband and wife, shall be treated as a valid marriage unless to do so would violate a strong public policy of the state whose law is applicable to the particular issue under Article 3519.
B. A purported marriage between persons of the same sex violates a strong public policy of the state of Louisiana and such a marriage contracted in another state shall not be recognized in this state for any purpose, including the assertion of any right or claim as a result of the purported marriage.
Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 890, §1.