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CarlSagan · 10-16-2009, 05:16 PM

I heard that this redneck just lost his job. I hope they take him to civil court to and sue him for whatever he is worth. Apparently he has done this before, but it seems that the other couples he denied were complacent...

It's worth noting the supreme courts decision in Loving V Virginia (1967), which ended racial discrimination in marriage licenses, is based on the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment. The court wrote (thanks to wikipedia here...):

"Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State."

substitute race/racial sex/sexual orientation, and you have a legal basis for same-sex marriage.

The dichotomy between Black and White is as false as Male and Female. Just as there are "multiracial" people who do not clearly fit into the Black/White framework, there are human beings who fall outside of the heteronormative false dichotomy of "normal" man/woman.

In Texas, same-sex marriage is illegal, but there are "technically" same-sex marriages. In Texas, gender is legally defined by chromosomes (men=xy, women=xx). However, some individuals have a "male" identity and "male" anatomy, and XX chromosomes. Likewise, some individuals think of themselves as female, have female anatomy, and have XY chromosomes. Many of these people aren't aware that there legal gender (based on an outdated understanding of biology) does not match the identity or anatomy. And these folks get married. Thus, in Texas a "woman" can marry a "man" but if you actually looked at there chromosomes, in some cases a "man" is married to a "man".

It is a basic denial of human rights to prevent to adults from freely entering into marriage, whether on the basis of their so-called "race" or "gender".

Have a nice day,

CS

10-16-2009, 05:16 PM	#20 (permalink)
CarlSagan PhD in THC Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Holy Inland Empire Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: Yes Posts: 362 Rep Power: 34801	Re: ...and now a Lousiana Judge refuses to marry interatial couples.... I heard that this redneck just lost his job. I hope they take him to civil court to and sue him for whatever he is worth. Apparently he has done this before, but it seems that the other couples he denied were complacent... It's worth noting the supreme courts decision in Loving V Virginia (1967), which ended racial discrimination in marriage licenses, is based on the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment. The court wrote (thanks to wikipedia here...): "Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State." substitute race/racial sex/sexual orientation, and you have a legal basis for same-sex marriage. The dichotomy between Black and White is as false as Male and Female. Just as there are "multiracial" people who do not clearly fit into the Black/White framework, there are human beings who fall outside of the heteronormative false dichotomy of "normal" man/woman. In Texas, same-sex marriage is illegal, but there are "technically" same-sex marriages. In Texas, gender is legally defined by chromosomes (men=xy, women=xx). However, some individuals have a "male" identity and "male" anatomy, and XX chromosomes. Likewise, some individuals think of themselves as female, have female anatomy, and have XY chromosomes. Many of these people aren't aware that there legal gender (based on an outdated understanding of biology) does not match the identity or anatomy. And these folks get married. Thus, in Texas a "woman" can marry a "man" but if you actually looked at there chromosomes, in some cases a "man" is married to a "man". It is a basic denial of human rights to prevent to adults from freely entering into marriage, whether on the basis of their so-called "race" or "gender". Have a nice day, CS CarlSagan says..WWHHD? What Would Huell Howser Do??? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.