Virginia Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Confuses Declaration of Independence with Constitution [Obama nom]

breitbart.com ^ | February 14, 2014 | Frances Martel

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A federal judge struck down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage today, an historic ruling with especial resonance on Valentine's Day. Except the history of the historic ruling isn't exactly up to par: Judge Arenda Wright Allen claimed the Constitution declares that "all men are created equal," which is, instead, the first line of the Declaration of Independence.

"Our Constitution declares that 'all men' are created equal. Surely this means all of us," Judge Allen wrote on the first page of her opinion. That line opens the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence and appears nowhere in the Constitution. The line, in which Thomas Jefferson, with signature flourish, borrowed the words of theorist John Locke: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

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The comments section is smokin’!!!

[EternalVigilance]

To invoke the words of the Declaration to claim a “right” to do a gross wrong is blasphemous.

[JewishRighter]

“Ruling Confuses Declaration with..” No, the ruling did not get confused. The affirmative action judge demonstrated her qualification to an appointment to the Federal Judiciary, which is pigment and genitalia.

[Dr.Deth]

Ha! Ha! You kidder. That's just Obama in drag.

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I’m sure Obamao makes the same mistake.

[Regulator]

Ah ha ha ha

That’s Good

Probably True

[Verginius Rufus]

"All men are created equal" is not in the first line of the Declaration of Independence. In the copy which was signed by the 56 Signers, it appears in the third line of the text.

The first line begins with the long sentence "When in the Course of Human Events..." (70 words).

[Amagi]

Could be an amicus brief quote from Odumbo got thrown into the idiot opinion.