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Thread #115854 Message #2642433
Posted By: Amos
27-May-09 - 11:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
Subject: RE: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage
Excerpt from the FOurteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, ratified 1868:
"...No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
That "equal protection" clause is a far-reaching postulate indeed.