WHAT IS AMENDMENT 2?
What the Amendment Says
Amendment 2

"Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized."

What is Marriage?
Marriage is a social, religious, spiritual, or legal union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock.
Marriage is an institution in which interpersonal relationships (usually intimate and sexual) are acknowledged by religious authority and state. It is often viewed as a contract. "Civil marriage" is the legal concept of marriage as a governmental institution, in accordance with marriage laws of the jurisdiction. If recognized by the religion(s) to which the parties belong or by society and state, in general, the act of marriage changes the personal and social status of the individuals who enter into it.


Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

- Does this not mean you can not pass law based on religious belief? If Marriage is moreover a religious belief, then how can a state say someone is not entitled to this right if they so desire it?

The intolerance of our young nations bafills me sometimes. How can something as simple as what one my choose to do in their bedroom still matter to so many people.
Have we learned nothing of our raciest past when we once were so close-minded to sex, color, and religion.

We are a nation of progress, change, and tolerance when it comes every aspect of life, yet for some reason we are still socially and sexually retarded when it comes to the rights of HUMAN BEINGS overall.

I plead for someone to explain to me how this aspect of being a human is different then any other human when it comes down to all are created equally.
Does the 14th amendment not apply to all? The states exclusion of homosexuals is NOT okay.. The amendment requires states to provide equal protection under the law to ALL persons within their jurisdictions and was used in the mid-20th century to dismantle racial segregation in the United States, as in Brown v. Board of Education. Its Due Process Clause has been the basis of much important and controversial case law regarding privacy rights, abortion (see Roe v. Wade), and other issues.

How is man women, black white, straight gay different under these terms?
I simply fail to see how this aspect is different then the others....