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r3x29yz4a said:
the gay marriage amendment is writing a ban on a right and a form of discrimination into the constitution. this pisses on the essence of the constitution's foundings.



pisses on the ESSENCE of the constitution's foundings

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es‧sence  /ˈɛsəns/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[es-uhns] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
2. a substance obtained from a plant, drug, or the like, by distillation, infusion, etc., and containing its characteristic properties in concentrated form.
3. an alcoholic solution of an essential oil; spirit.
4. a perfume; scent.
5. Philosophy. the inward nature, true substance, or constitution of anything, as opposed to what is accidental, phenomenal, illusory, etc.
6. something that exists, esp. a spiritual or immaterial entity.
—Idioms
7. in essence, essentially; at bottom, often despite appearances: For all his bluster, he is in essence a shy person.
8. of the essence, absolutely essential; critical; crucial: In chess, cool nerves are of the essence.




i.e. understood as pissing on the base ideals contained in the [living] constitution, those facets which are immutable dispite the passage of time (and to be fair, these last two centuries have had a lot happen in the way of looking at things). pissing on the ESSENCE is not "pissing on the FF INTENT" as you seem to be reading.

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