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Originally Posted by morethanpretty
No because the ban is a violation of the constitution. All citizens' right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It violates seperation of church and state. It also violates right to privacy. The ban should be thrown out for its violation of the constitution, unless they can amend the constitution to get rid of all that. One reason why we have a representative government rather than a directly democratic government is because the majority will completely bully the minorities otherwise.
Thats why I stated our government needs to do a better job of representing ALL of us. Also why are gov is set up with a Supreme Court, if a law made by congress is unconstitutional, it can be fought by the people. Of course everyone's opinion of unconstitutional and freedom differ, their will always be hairs to split. Not every one is gonna be happy.
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The phrase "...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." is from the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.
The first amendment argument is better, but still not exactly cut and dry. There are more than one religion that oppose gay marriage, it's not exactly a 'favoring one religion over another issue". It does seem to be a religious idea with no secular purpose though... but if that's not enough to overturn it, is this a not everyone is gonna be happy situation?