Hopefully homosexuality will never be part of the Constitution as morality issues should not be part of that document - ever. However, I believe that the Constituion does guarantee all Americans the right to pursue happiness which means that as long as an individual does not infringe on the rights of another then they have the right to believe what they want to believe, pray (or not pray) to whatever god they choose and to have relations with any other consenting adult.
As for the gay marriage ban - I think that a state likely does have the right to ban gay marriage in a civil ceremony but probably does not have the right to ban a marriage sanctioned by a religion in the state. Also, I think that there is underlying discrimination in that a partner in a gay union is not afforded the same rights as the spouse in a traditional marriage. So, if the state banned marriage in civil ceremonies but partners in gay relationships got death benefits and other rights then I would think that this would overall be constitutional. Howie --- On Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:20 AM, MS scribed: --- > > Now where in the Constitution does it mention > homosexuality? > > - MS > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180612 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
