ban gay marriage

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  • lowimpakt0

    apart from the gayness, the idea that a constitution can be ammended without a referendum is one very very dangerously undemocratic situation. Of all the US constitutional ammendments this is the first one that seems to be driven by bigotry.

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    Amendment I [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)]

    Amendment II [Right to Bear Arms (1791)]

    Amendment III [Quartering of Troops (1791)]

    Amendment IV [Search and Seizure (1791)]

    Amendment V [Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process (1791)]

    Amendment VI [Criminal Prosecutions - Jury Trial, Right to Confront and to Counsel (1791)]

    Amendment VII [Common Law Suits - Jury Trial (1791)]

    Amendment VIII [Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (1791)]

    Amendment IX [Non-Enumerated Rights (1791)]

    Amendment X [Rights Reserved to States (1791)]

    Amendment XI [Suits Against a State (1795)]

    Amendment XII [Election of President and Vice-President (1804)]

    Amendment XIII [Abolition of Slavery (1865)]

    Amendment XIV [Privileges and Immunities, Due Process, Equal Protection, Apportionment of Representatives, Civil War Disqualification and Debt (1868)]

    Amendment XV [Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race (1870)]

    Amendment XVI [Income Tax (1913)]

    Amendment XVII [Election of Senators (1913)

    Amendment XVIII [Prohibition (1919)]

    Amendment XIX [Women's Right to Vote (1920)

    Amendment XX [Presidential Term and Succession (1933)]

    Amendment XXI [Repeal of Prohibition (1933)]

    Amendment XXII [Two Term Limit on President (1951)]

    Amendment XXIII [Presidential Vote in D.C. (1961)]

    Amendment XXIV [Poll Tax (1964)]

    Amendment XXV [Presidential Succession (1967)]

    Amendment XXVI [Right to Vote at Age 18 (1971)]

    Amendment XXVII [Compensation of Members of Congress (1992)]

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