Lemon Law Attorney
Amendment violates equal protection
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I am completely opposed to any so-called “defense of marriage amendment” to the United States Constitution, or any state constitution. Amending the Constitution to require discrimination would be unprecedented. By writing discrimination into the Constitution for the first time, the Federal Marriage Amendment would contradict the principle of equal protection for all and undermine the integrity of our Constitution. As a constantly evolving social institution, marriage should not be codified in the Constitution. Restricting the definition of marriage in the Constitution would undermine the democratic process and would bind future generations to the current perceptions of one limited segment of society. Adopting this amendment would bar courts from protecting individual rights. Adopting the proposed amendment would prevent courts from exercising their constitutional power to protect individual rights. The amendment defies fundamental principles of fairness and equality. Because they are not allowed to marry, same-sex couples are currently excluded from the more than 1,000 legal protections and benefits of marriage provided by state and federal laws. Excluding couples from these protections because of their sexual orientation amounts to discrimination that contradicts the principle of equality on which this nation was founded. |
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