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Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
We can practice tolerance while still holding true to cultural values that protect the institution of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.
A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause.
There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause.
Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
Can you tell me what's more unconstitutional than taking away from the people of America their Fifth Amendment rights, their Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the right to equal protection under the law?
Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.
