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Originally Posted by PhoenixAlive
The reason there were amendments for women and slaves was because these people were not considered persons under the law, but rather property. That is why they had to fight for their rights.
So, unless you are saying that gays are not persons under the law, they must be given the same rights and freedoms as all of the other people.
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So people under the age of 21 who live in the US are not considered persons under the law because they do not have the right to drink alcohol? Just because one law would be made against gays, prohibiting them to get married, would not mean that they were being treated as second class citizens and that the other rights in the constitution do not apply to them. If that were the case, those who are under 21 would also not be able to vote when they turned eighteen, nor would they have the right to follow their own Religion, etc. Simply because certain amendments of the constitution limit people from rights that others may have does not mean the people who are limited are considered persons who are not under the law.