Gay Marraige Amendment

[opebo]

why all this discussion about a piece of old, illegal and outdated parchment?

Huh?  Are you referring to the Constitution itself?  I sincerely hope not.

Is it old? Yes. Is it illegal? Well, it was at the time, and retrospective lawmaking is contentious at best, so yes. Is it outdated? There have been many constitutions of better quality since, so yes.

You make a great point, hugehento about the wild overrating of the US constistution.  But then again, Americans are full of hubris about just about everything, aren't they?

[opebo]

He didn't make a 'point,' he expressed a really dumb opinion, and made an inaccurate statement about the legality of the Constitution.

No, the constitution is not a particularly good example of its type, so that was not a dumb opinion.  Also, I suppose it is 'legal' in the sense that the proper rulers of America - the British - had by that time given it up in some formal legal way.  Still, there is no doubt it is a highly overrated peice of work.

I mean, my goodness, many people in countries without any constitution at all are much more free than Americans, so the thing can't be all that good.