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Unless a country is a theocracy governed by a religion that clearly prohibits gay marriage, it is only logical that gay marriage be legal. The supreme court had no choice but to legalise it as a constitutional matter, to do otherwise would have meant making religion part of the constitution and therefore breaking the constitutional separation of church and state. Banning gay marriage in states was only ever based on the religious beliefs of the majority of the state legislature, or of the voting public (when banned by refurrendum) and thus these laws were always unconstitutional.

It is good to see the US has not yet become a theocracy, but it may well come to that in time. All you need is 5 people appointed to the supreme court who will vote their conservative religious conscience on matters like this and the mixing of church and state will be achieved. Republican supporters should be careful who they vote for in their presidential primaries and look to the committed secularists among the contenders. Unless of course you want a theocracy in all but name.



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