[Baseballguy]

I think you misunderstand my point. The SCOTUS might be wrong that they did not take up and make it either way. They punted. My issue is that now the Feds have problems and SCOTUS has reversed tradition. We all must realize that what state you live in means something. I agree this opens the door for Utah or whatever State to make its own definition. Does this mean Conservatives have to live in Liberal states?

My thinking is now its more important on where you live than anything else. The day might come that South Carolina flag might fly higher than the USA flag. We wanted Newt anyway.

[FredZarguna]

The SCOTUS might be wrong that they did not take up and make it either way. They punted.

I wish.

The majority opinion -- to which Scalia so vigorously and even derisively objected -- makes it clear that the Court regards DOMA as Unconstitutional, NOT because of any 10th Amendment claim nor any 9th Amendment protection of marriage existing at the time of ratification, but because of the 14th Amendment. Effectively, they hold that DOMA discriminates against homosexuals as a class and that "class" is established by no means other than that they claimed to be denied a "right" that others enjoyed.

This means Reynolds is out the window, and it means that polygamists need merely argue that they are being denied a "right" enjoyed by couples, and that the Court must uphold that claim, since the only thing which defines polygamists AS A CLASS is that they hold marriage between more than two people to be lawful.

It will be amusing to see the liberal majority in this opinion try to slither out of the new 14th Amendment protection extended to homosexuals, while they deny it to bestialists and polygamists.

I have no doubt they will find a way. But Reynolds won't be it.