Makes You Wonder
So in the United States, if you're a convicted felon, you're allowed to get married. Not only that, if you're a convicted felon in prison serving a life sentence you're still allowed to get married. Says who? Says the Supreme Court of the United States! A felon in prison cannot be denied the right to wed.
But I'm not allowed to get married. Because I'm gay. Even though I pay my taxes and obey the law, nope. can't get married.
On top of that, members of the U.S Congress want to pass a constitutional amendment --not a law -- an amendment to our founding father's framework that would ban gay marriages. If such a measure were to pass, it would be the first time in our country's history that an amendment would be added to our constitution that would remove or deny a class of individuals a specific right.
So here's how I see things: According to Frist and Delay and their Congressional majority, and according to Scalia and Roberts and Thomas and a majority of the Gang of Nine who sit on the high court, because I'm gay, my status as an American falls somewhere below that of a murderer, a serial rapist or an Enron executive.
But I'm not allowed to get married. Because I'm gay. Even though I pay my taxes and obey the law, nope. can't get married.
On top of that, members of the U.S Congress want to pass a constitutional amendment --not a law -- an amendment to our founding father's framework that would ban gay marriages. If such a measure were to pass, it would be the first time in our country's history that an amendment would be added to our constitution that would remove or deny a class of individuals a specific right.
So here's how I see things: According to Frist and Delay and their Congressional majority, and according to Scalia and Roberts and Thomas and a majority of the Gang of Nine who sit on the high court, because I'm gay, my status as an American falls somewhere below that of a murderer, a serial rapist or an Enron executive.