The Irish people voted by referendum to make same-sex marriage a right by national law. The French made it a national law through their national assembly. The Supreme Court of the United States made the right universal in all 50 states by judging that according to the US Constitution a state does not have the right to outlaw same-sex marriage. This judgement, along with many other judgments in the past, limits the sovereign powers of American states but it does not by any means extinguish them. The American Congress has the right to make laws universally binding on all Americans in areas where it has been given power under the Constitution or it has assumed power such as the power to regulate commerce. But it is the sovereignty of the states that accounts for the majority of laws applicable in the union and they are applicable state by state. It is an irony perceived by very few that a Supreme Court of a government, the federal government, that is not a state, that is not located in a state, that has limited sovereign powers under the Constitution and that does not have the legal power to marry private citizens, could make the right to same-sex marriage universal in all American states only by limiting their power.
Daniel McNeill’s play,The Body Is A Legal Drug, will have 7 performances during the Midtown International Theater Festival in New York in July and August at the Davenport Theatre 354 West 45th Street. 212-956-0948.
tickets $20.00 : https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/27845
Loving the one your’re with can come back to haunt you. A comedy about finding your true identity.
Performances: July 18 2:30 pm. July 20 6:30 pm. July 24 6:30 pm. July 26 7:00 pm. July 28 8:30 pm. July 31 8:00 pm. August 2 3:30 pm
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