Is an Amendment Really Worth It?
And finally, our generation has our own civil liberties battle: gay marriage. It was 1870 when the Amendment allowing all races, colors, and creeds to vote passed into the Constitution. Those colors are still fighting for their voice. Only five Black senators in history, only four Hispanic. Then it was the females turn to get a voice in the election of public officials when, in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. But we have yet to have even a party supported female for president. With the exception of prohibition, all of the Amendments have been progressive, giving new freedoms to the people and limiting government intervention. But alas, it’s the gays turn to be legally discriminated against.
The Amendment process is not, and should not be, reserved for the restriction of marriage, which happens to be a right implicitly protected by the Constitution. By making it illegal for states to dictate other rights explicit to the people. It’s in the Bill of Rights, Amendments Nine and Ten. But our President disagrees.
“Marriage is the most fundamental institution of civilization, and it should not be redefined by activist judges,” said Bush. No, we should just appoint conservative judges in order to define it in the manner the President sees fit. Now, supporting gay marriage is not what this article is doing. Simply put, the Constitution should not be used as a political tool. An Amendment certainly is not worth the time. Everyone knows the Amendment will not pass, it is simply being used as a cheap trick to play at the moral values of the country and to pin Democrats in a corner on not having enough (values).
Regardless, what do you all think. Ban gay marriage? or not?
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