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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Is marriage a right?
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According to Loving vs. Virginia in 1967, it is. And if you want a preview of how the Supreme Court's gonna rule this one, substitute "sexual orientation" for "racial classification" in their decision on that case back in 1967:
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Originally Posted by The Supreme Court
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 discriminations. 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.
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