[unspun]

So here you have millions of people denied what they perceive as rights for no constitutionally mandated reason.

Does the U.S. Constitution have any theological, philosophical, historical contexts and foundations, or did it come into existence out of nothing?

[mudblood]

"Does the U.S. Constitution have any theological, philosophical, historical contexts and foundations, or did it come into existence out of nothing?"

The US constitution is based on judeo-christian ideals, and french philosophy. Most of the founders were religious, though many were deists, which is sorta religious. It came into existence mainly from a wellspring of discontent over excessive government imposition into people's lives. And nowhere in the Constitution does it say that gays have special rights, nor that they lack rights. Same thing goes with people of various races, not to mention sexes - and yet our country has never failed to cough up people who were able to justify, through their religion, why these segments of society don't have various rights. In the case of gay/straight, there's not even obvious physical differences to justify discrimination. There's a reason why the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, rather than simply holding up the Bible as our country's highest legal document: the Constitution is for everyone and CAN BE CHANGED. Once its in the bible, it stays there, is immutable, etc. The Constitution can be amended as it becomes necessary. This last attempt at that simply didn't pass the muster.