Early this morning, during "vote-o-rama," the Senate voted 59-36 to block the Bennett Amendment on DC Marriage Referendum that would have guaranteed DC residents the right to vote on same-sex marriage. Democrats voted as block to defeat all amendments to the health care reconciliation bill. With the exception of Senators Collins and Snowe of Maine, all Republicans present supported the rights of DC residents to vote on same-sex marriage. Five senators were absent for the late-night vote occurring shortly after 1am.
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What did nation for marriage expect? You just cant vote on peoples civil rights. Especially not a minorities. Sorry!
Is it possible for the Senate to show any more contempt for the voters?
I will be sending money to NOM. I will work to stop progressives from turning th USA into California. Fenty in DC is closing 81 schools yet has time to push Gay agendas.
Mark Thoma, special rights are not civil rights.
"What did nation for marriage expect? You just cant vote on peoples civil rights. Especially not a minorities. Sorry!"
Then why did the DC City Council vote on it? Why was any vote allowed at all if that were the case? Face it, the DC Charter was bypassed to allow only the votes that would turn out in the favor of those running the DC government. That is corrupt and illegal and will be overturned.
Minorities do not have the power to invent new rights for themselves that are found nowhere in the Constitution.
The Supreme Court has ruled numerous times that marriage is a fundamental right. Interracial marriages were not described anywhere in the constitution either. The fact that the right to marry excluding some but allowing others is the problem with your argumentation. Its an easy argument to make, that since folks are not excluded they must be treated equally under the law and not be targets of discrimination and hate.
Marriage has been ruled a fundamental right, you're correct. You friend, have every right that I have to marry, regardless of sexual orientation. What is NOT recognized as a fundamental right is to marry whomever, whatever, or any group of whomever whatevers. Marriage is between a man and a woman.
The government does not recognize every desire people have as a right. Current marriage rules apply equally to everyone already. We all have the same right to marry any qualified person from the opposite sex.