Should NC lawmakers make marriage between a man and woman the only legal union in our state?

Unfortunately for you, you've already admitted an attempt to mislead and lie about what you do or don't comprehend. "I don't know what Constitution you are reading, but the US Constitution established the government and the constitution itself, and set forth how to amend it. " "...and you use the freedom of religion exception in the Constitution to hammer home your point." Yes, the First Amendment, the very Constitution you falsely claim that I'm not reading. Yet, here you ADMIT that it DOES exist. It is not an exception. It is a parameter set forth in the US Constitution to create a NEUTRAL legal system. One not dictated by one religion or another. All your other diatribes are irrelevant. The individual states do have a Right to govern themseleves. HOWEVER, as members of the UNITED States, they must abide by the overall parameters set forth in the Federal Constitution. There's not much point in having a Federal Constitution unifying the states if they don't have to abide by certain Rights of the citizens. Marriage, under the law, is what is being discussed. Not religious ceremony and the recognizing of religious ceremony. The law doesn't care about religious ceremony of ANY kind. The US Constitution clearly states in the First Amendment that religious ceremony is not legislative. Now, one might argue on that broad argument about certain religious ceremonies, such as sacrifice. Looking at the issue of legal consent and who and/or what is protected under the US Constitution, the government has certain Rights as well. Can an adult or child be taken off the street against their will? Can a Parent offer their own child for sacrifice? Can an adult consent to be sacrificed? Based on the NEUTRAL legal system, really only the third cannot be interferred with. The second can be argued as to the consent capability of a minor in general as well as the Rights of a Parent as proxy to the child's Right to consent. Those are broad issues that need to be argued seperately. However, the first example clearly is a violation of the victim's Rights and therefore, a legal argument can be made that the government can make it illegal, no matter what the First Amendment stance on religious Rights may be of the attacker. The same is true here. Individuals and organizations have the Right to their own religious beliefs and ceremonies. BUT, when it comes to law and other individual's beliefs as well as the NEUTRAL legal design of marriage, there is no logical, intelligent reason to limit, segregate, or deny any consenting participant. You have not sufficiently argued your case. What religion has to say in the matter of the NEUTRAL legal system is not relevant. It has already been decided as such by the First Amendment. Either eliminate marriage contracts from the legal system and all benefits and negative effects of marriage from the legal system, or allow it for ALL citizens whose have the Right to such legal contracts under a NEUTRAL legal system. Religious arguments are irrelevant. Andrew

I hope you do not home school your offspring.

You are right, I don't think getting help would solve half of your problems.

He created Adam. He created Steve. He did not create Adam AND Steve.

you get the point.... Man and Woman ONLY !!!!!!!

You seem like a logical person. And while you make an educated arguement, the accuracy of your educated arguement is questionable. For every reason to believe that Australopithecus was who you think is, there are reasons to debunk his age. You can argue carbon dating all you want. Putting all that aside oh logical one, let's take a physical look at this without having Jimbo default to the "Adam and Steve" cliche'. We are animals, our bodies are made to reproduce and naturally, attract and be attracted by the opposite sex in order for this to happen. There is a reason for that. Being a homosexual means that there is something wrong in your brain. Seriously, what if we all became homosexual? The human race would die out. If you want to be homosexual, go ahead, but don't expect the rest of us to give you the same legal rights as we that will carry on the human race. Your homosexuality is wrong, sinful, and the wages of sin is death. Example: AIDS.