Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction 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 any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
“..nor shall any State…deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” *That* is what the SCOTUS decision was based upon. There are over 2000 laws that cover the rights and privileges of married persons. By denying same-sex couples the right to marry, States were denying them “the equal protection of the laws”.
That IS The Constitution, not The Bible. Our laws are governed by the former, *not* the latter.
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“..nor shall any State…deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” *That* is what the SCOTUS decision was based upon. There are over 2000 laws that cover the rights and privileges of married persons. By denying same-sex couples the right to marry, States were denying them “the equal protection of the laws”.
That IS The Constitution, not The Bible. Our laws are governed by the former, *not* the latter.
Fill free to share this with your friends and relatives who are screaming about..well, whatever Right Wing bullshit they’re screaming about.