Who Deserves to in love?

March 31st 2013

​​This blog is in response to the current debate going on with the constitutionality of same sex marriages in the Supreme Court.  The clear and simple answer is NO! It does not uphold the constitution to not treat all citizens as equals.  We have already been through this, think back to the Civil Rights Act...... seems to be the same debate just happening 50 years after the fact.  Marriage is a touchy subject, primarily because of the religious affiliation attached to it, and if it were a matter of religion, this would be a decision best left to churches to resolve.  As it currently stands, our government not only marries people, but also gives married couples state, and federal benefits based on their civil union.  This my fellow Americans is a matter of equality and fairness.  If the government is going to take part in marriage then it needs to be treated equally between all citizens in the country.  This does not imply that churches would be forced to recognize or support the marriage.  After all, it would be unjust for any branch of government to imply change is necessary to any beliefs a particular group has.  This is a matter of constitutionality.  It is a matter of rights and equality.  This is a matter of doing what is right over what is popular.  Too often, we have seen political figures sway from their agenda to make wealthy supporters happy.  Although that may not be the case here it is fair to assume that some of that is playing into the long time decision to treat all citizens equal, in employment, marriage, education, and even in just everyday life.   We have come a long way in the last 100 years, but not nearly far enough.  Until every American citizen is treated equally, and given the same opportunities and rights as their counterparts across the nation, the government is failing those whom they represent.   The debate is what now?  That the government has a right to say who can love, and be loved, and still treat its citizens as unfairly as it did throughout what many would call a very dark time in our time line.  The truth of the matter is the government has either to dismantle all rights it bestows to married couples, or extend the rights to all couples in the name of constitutionality.  In its own right, the church has a separate right to recognize that marriage or not.   Assuming that violating the rights a tax payer has is in fact unconstitutional and illegal (it is), then it is about time we bring this argument to a bitter end and move on to more pressing matters, such as fixing our broken economy.   This by the way is continuing to be supported and sustained be those people that are not being given the same rights as a majority of the citizens in our country.