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Philosphier : John Locke
The idea that individuals give up as little of their liberty as is absolutely necessary, and that government has as small a role as is absolutely required to meet the needs of those who created it, imposes a rigid discipline on the purposes of government. Now, speaking of giving up as little of their liberty as is absolutely necessary, the gay community should not have to give up their right of marriage, and John Locke would have an unanswered opinion of the matter, at the time gay marriage was -
Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; the very opposition in the Declaration of Independence proves the theory that Gay Marriage should be legalized. If one man is eligible to marry a women whom he chooses shouldn’t another man be eligible to marry a man or a women of whom he chooses, shouldn’t the proclamation of Gay Marriage be self evident. Connecting the Declaration of Independence and Gay marriage one can see how much they overlap each other. -
14th Amendment Section One
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." Not allowing gay marriage in the United States is like treating the homosexual individuals as second class citizens. While the amendement states that no state is allowed to deprive any person of life, liberty, and or property, without due provess of the law states in fact do ignore the right to gay marriage. -
Judicial Branch
The Iowa Supreme Court’s 2009 ruling in Varnum v. Brien stymied conservative attempts to ban same-sex marriage in the state by overturning a law declaring marriage to be between one man and one woman. But five legislators have figured out a way to avoid this problem: Take the Iowa Supreme Court out of the legislative process by introducing a bill that cannot be appealed. -
Legislative Branch
"For Pennsylvania to go from where it is now to gay marriage, it's like going from a tricycle to the space shuttle," said Ted Martin, executive director of Equality Pennsylvania, an advocacy organization for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. "The Pennsylvania legislature has never had a serious discussion proactively about an LGBT issue."
Shows how the system of inequality still leaks around the upper power in 2012. -
Executive Branch
“By formalizing his support of same sex marriage, President Obama has pushed blacks to decide what is most important to them. The Biblical message they hear in church every Sunday, or the big government liberalism that they regularly vote for on Tuesday of Election Day”
