Should The Supreme Court's Decision To Legalize Gay Marriage In The United States

When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution to establish a solid government for the newly formed United States there was no way they could have predicted how much the country would grow and change. The laws and rights they included in the constitution were for there time but they also made the smart decision and leaving some of it up for interpretation and also leeway. The debate over The Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage in the United States today relates to the debate over making the supremacy clause apart the Constitution of the United States in the 1700s for the reasons of both taking away power from the states and giving that power to the federal government, both override state constitutions, and gave the minorities rights.
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After finally breaking away from the power of Britain and becoming free states the last thing the people of the United States wanted was another strong federal government. This strong government was the exact reason that they broke away from Britain. The people of the United States wanted the exact opposite of this and received that through the Articles of Confederation. The problem with the articles was that now the states had too much power and the federal government had none. People like James Madison saw the need for the change of this and began constructing the Constitution. The people were …show more content…
The court practiced the use of the supremacy clause by over riding states laws and establishing a law for all the land of gay marriage being legal. No matter what laws states had prior to this regarding marriage became irrelevant because of this new law from the Supreme Court. Gay marriage has always been extremely controversial in the United States. Everyone seems to have a view on it that stems from their religion or personal