Analysis: Gay Marriage and the US Constitution

Within this decade, a major step to equality has occurred in much of the world. Same sex marriage is now allowed in Canada and most nations in Western Europe. In 2008, two state supreme courts, in California and Connecticut, held that gays and lesbians have the right to marry. They joined Massachusetts as the first states in this country to provide for marriage equality. Until California voters amended the California Constitution in November to outlaw same sex marriage, over one in eight people in the United States lived in a state where same sex marriage was allowed.

Why does this matter? Most studies estimate that about one tenth of the population is gay. Laws in every state traditionally have provided enormous benefits to married couples that were unavailable to others.

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Rufus Wainwright Speaks OUT against Gay Marriage

Rufus Wainwright has stated that he is not a supporter of same-sex marriage.

The out, gay singer revealed that he does not think changes to the US constitution relating to sex and marriage should be allowed.  What he obviously doesn’t know is that marriage is not mentioned at any point in the U.S. constitution.

However uniformed, he still felt compelled to give an uneducated statement to the NY Press;

“Oddly enough, I’m actually not a huge gay marriage supporter. I personally don’t want to get married but I think that any law or amendment to the constitution that deals with sex and love should just be banned in general. I don’t think any government should encroach on what goes on in the bedroom at all. Frankly, if you want to marry a dog, why don’t you go ahead and marry a dog, I don’t care. I’m a complete Libertarian and so I really disagree with it.”

Well, to each thier own, but I don’t think I’ll be supporting his wallet anymore.