Thanks for reply. Note that activist judges / justices can make any law mean whatever they want it to mean, DOMA no exception. Congress was arguably wrong to legislatively address an issue which they have no Section 8 authority to address. And since marriage is not a constitutonally protected right, Congress has no authority under 14A to address marriage either.
Except with respect to proposing an amendment to Constitution to protect traditional one man, one woman marriage, Congress should have not touched a 10A protected state power issue imo.
PC DOMA is a lose canon.
PC DOMA is a loose canon.
Congress may define the extent and qualifications of those who receive taxpayer benefits. Toward that purpose, and to head off the courts, Congress legitimately declined to extend such benefits to same sex, faux marriages.