May 30, 2014 2 min read

I am writing this in response to a May 25 letter-to-the-editor titled, Gay marriage ruling criticized.

I do not believe that Mr. Nicholson has read Article 6, section two of the Constitution, which states that the laws and the Constitution of the federal government hold supremacy of law, as written by the founding fathers. This supremacy of law also states that judges in every state shall be bound by this standard.

Further, it states that no state law or constitutional amendment can change this. In addition, the fourteenth and ninth constitutional amendments state that any right of citizenship given to one citizen cannot be denied to another. Religious belief or majority vote, cannot override the supremacy of federal law, the constitution, or the amendments of the same. Gay citizens are thus entitled to marry anyone that they please within existing law, as this law also is applied to heterosexuals.

As far as the theory of intelligent design being presented as science: a scientific theory is the conclusion of scientific research, experiments, and observations in real time, which then can be followed to a logical conclusion. Intelligent design does not meet these criteria. It is a theory of belief only, thus it is not science and cannot be taught as such.

So, Mr. Nicholson’s conclusions in this article are without any legal foundation and are just plain wrong.

Louis Mollica

Hollidaysburg