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I am writing a paper for political science. I am trying to support why it is a violation of the EPC for states to not recognize same sex marriage. I am looking for documents and/or interpretations of documents to support this. So far I am looking at the 14th and 9th amendments, protected rights, and civil rights, and the Declaration of Independence to try and support this. Any help would be great. I don’t need specific court cases just documents, or interpretations to help support my case. Thanks.

No, because discrimination based on actions and behavior is the very basis of laws. The whole point of laws is to discriminate against some behaviors (theft, murder, etc.). Equal protection laws and amendments are to protect against discrimination based on natural attributes that are not behaviors (skin color, gender, place of origin, etc.), things we have no control over.

You can choose your sexual behaviors (or lack thereof), therefore it can’t be a violation of equal protection. If sexual behavior falls under equal protection, then all behavior falls under equal protection and we can no longer put people in jail for murder or other behaviors.

I don’t have any documents or links, just logic and reasoning. What is a law? It is discrimination against a behavior, pure and simple. If you don’t want to be discriminated against, then don’t engage in that behavior.

Furthermore, sometimes it is OK to discriminate against natural attributes as well. Boys are not allowed to join the Girl Scouts. Boys didn’t choose to be boys, they were born that way, but this discrimination is still appropriate. Hooters can discriminate and only hire hot women to be waitresses because that is their product. Private institutions are allowed to discriminate and should not be forced by the government to do things against their own self interest.

Between my questions and answers, in the 3.5 years I’ve been on this site, I’ve received 674 violation notices.

At what point do the mods say enough is enough?

Most of us veterans believe it’s based on a percentage of violated content + the type of violations.
I was recently suspended (and reinstated after an hour) for ONE lousy VN, where I jokingly posted "violent content" to another friend of mine.

"Illegal" content can quickly cost one his account.

Kingman AZ Friday 18th 2009 around 4.45 pm Downtown on Andy Divine National Guard perfoming “police” duty, providing “security’ and directting traffic.
We support our soldiers and troops but we do not support the unlawful deployement of our soldiers on US soil, to “police” the Citizens… A clear violation of the The Posse Comitatus Act
Section 1385 of Title 18, United States Code (USC), states:
Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress,
willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute
the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Why and Who is permitting this “unamerican” precedent and violation of the law in Kingman?
Are we living in a Police State City?

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2 me, runnung a red light is the worst and most dangerous violation.

Eating, applying makeup, reading a book, reading the newspaper, reading a map, talking on a cell phone. fiddling with the radio, looking over your shoulder at the kids in the back seat: all of these are distractions that cause most of the accidents on our roads. These and other distractions are the major cause of running a red light. Yes running a red light is one of the most dangerous traffic violations just behind drunk driving. But the distractions are the cause of most violations.

I got 2 violation emails today and another for my answer. And I read the community guidelines and It was NOT bad.

There is no exact number of violations, since accounts are reviewed individually. One major TOS violation will get you suspended immediately with no warning. Many minor violations over a year will not get you suspended, but those same violations in a couple of days will. YA has always said that EACH violation is a warning your account is under review and the next violation may be the one that puts you over the top.

Suspensions are forever, unless you can convince them they made a mistake in applying the rules and that you didn’t violate the rules.

Soundtrack from HL2

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Sam Cassell 8Sec violation

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I’m a little worried that my account will be suspended. I have gotten 3 violation notices last night and 1 this morning. I read the community guidelines and found the reasons for why i violated it. But does it depend on how bad the answer is?

I am not so sure about an actual number of violations. I believe the admins look more for patterns. If you are a brand new user and get 12 violations the first day, that is more of an issue than someone getting 12 violations over a year.

The "severity" of the violation is indeed weighed. Things like posting spam, illegal sites, threats, or porn will result in an IMMEDIATE suspension, no matter your level or amount of participation – no warning. Things like chatting or not giving an answer will accumulate, but typically do not cause an immediate suspension.

Please consider taking the community moderation quiz – it is really short and will give you a better idea of what is and is not allowed on here according to Yahoo!.
Here’s the link

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/moderation/moderation-488415.html;_ylt=AoVbfOpd05rOfpvlrcF3buy5OSV4

also – just kind of an FYI…
?If your Answers account is SUSPENDED (which is a misnomer, because you don’t get it back), you can still check email, play Yahoo games, use Flickr, etc.

If your Yahoo! account is DEACTIVATED, everything is gone. No more Yahoo anything. All of your email is gone, and all access to anything Yahoo is gone, too, including paid and/or downloaded programs.