Gay Marriage / Gay Rights

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That is the rub; they have created a very treacherous landscape with this decision. That is why the Declaration of Independence becomes key in this issue. The history of marriage licenses is fraught with issues; they originated in the mid-1800's because of the civil war. Some local governments did not want inter-racial marriage so they enacted them. Then in1923, the “Uniform Marriage and Marriage License Act” was passed by the federal government; an act considered by many, then and now, unconstitutional.

Thus my warning; the Declaration of Independence is very clear on remedies to oppressive government.

History teaches this country has had two “Great Awakenings”. The first was the revolution itself; the second brought on the Civil War to end slavery. This could be the beginnings of the third. Secular progressives need to tread carefully, and heed many lessons of history. MLK’s bus boycott in Montgomery had very severe consequences for the racists in the south. His first proposal was very benign and used common sense, but was rejected out of hand. All he wanted was the blacks to load from the back, the whites load from the front; if not enough whites filled their portion of the bus the blacks be allowed to use the seats. Made sense, the white only seats went unfilled while blacks stood the vast majority of the trips. From their perspective, look how much the racists lost.