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**slarceSelia** · 02-23-2011, 10:25 PM

How do you figure it violates the 14th Amendment? Marriage is not a right protected at the federal level, but a contract entered into at the state level. Nothing more.

As far as where the healthcare law runs afoul of the Constitution, that is a topic which is being discussed in a variety of threads in which you've been active. One more isn't going to magically help you understand.

Let me break it down for you. DOMA is a federal law that was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. Initially, the administration appealed the decision which keeps the law in force until it reaches a decision by the Supreme Court or the government drops their appeal. Are we clear now EricOKC? I can hear the gears running so I think you got it.

On the healthcare law the only constitutional question has to do with enumerated powers. this debate has consistently delivered defeat after defeat to "strict constitution" advocates. Including the famous first advocate in the debate, Thomas Jefferson. The record shows that your assumed view point and JohnLock's expressed viewpoint is a loser in regard to the enumerated powers debate. Why would I accept a viewpoint about constitutionality that has not been able to make its case.

02-23-2011, 10:25 PM	#6
slarceSelia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 508 Senior Member	How do you figure it violates the 14th Amendment? Marriage is not a right protected at the federal level, but a contract entered into at the state level. Nothing more. As far as where the healthcare law runs afoul of the Constitution, that is a topic which is being discussed in a variety of threads in which you've been active. One more isn't going to magically help you understand. Let me break it down for you. DOMA is a *federal* law that was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. Initially, the administration appealed the decision which keeps the law in force until it reaches a decision by the Supreme Court or the government drops their appeal. Are we clear now EricOKC? I can hear the gears running so I think you got it. On the healthcare law the only constitutional question has to do with enumerated powers. this debate has consistently delivered defeat after defeat to "strict constitution" advocates. Including the famous first advocate in the debate, Thomas Jefferson. The record shows that your assumed view point and JohnLock's expressed viewpoint is a loser in regard to the enumerated powers debate. Why would I accept a viewpoint about constitutionality that has not been able to make its case.
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