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The Federal Government was founded in three documents. The Constitution the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

Please if you would find a definition of Marriage in any of the the three.

See we are talking about the Federal Government. DOMA is Federal. Soon you will get to see the Marriage Equality Amendment proposed. So when it is ratified THEN you will be correct. Government will be forever involved in marriage!

The Federal Government was founded in three documents. The Constitution the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

Please if you would find a definition of Marriage in any of the the three.

See we are talking about the Federal Government. DOMA is Federal. Soon you will get to see the Marriage Equality Amendment proposed. So when it is ratified THEN you will be correct. Government will be forever involved in marriage!

I might get into some trouble, but I disagree with DOMA because marriage laws, if any, should be left to the States and/or the people themselves to decide. I tend to be a right-leaning libertarian or perhaps a paleo-libertarian/conservative (I'm very pro-life) but the way I understand the ruling is how you put it with the strikedown of Prop 8. Let each State and the people decide. Personally, I like the libertarian solution of just having marriage a church matter, the only State involvement is where it is treated like a contract between two consenting people where it shows who speak for whom, inheritance and who is responsible for children, if any. I'd like to see a return to a form of taxation where excise, consumption and tariff taxes fund the Feds, but if there HAS to be an income tax, make it flat. 10% above a certain amount, say, $20K or 25K. No tax deductions either, no child deductions. Also no insurance benefits with jobs either, you buy your own via the free market. You can put on whomever you like if you can pay for it. For the poor, vouchers will be issued. This is true equality, IMHO.

I think DOMA being struck down was correct but I believe Prop 8 should have been upheld. I'm afraid this has opened up the door for more government involvement. I can personally care less who marries who as long as they can enter the agreement knowingly and with sound mind. However, deep down inside, I favor traditional marriage in my heart. Little Jeremiah, pinging you out of ettiquite, is right on one thing and a big thing, we do have the death of common sense where this issue was never really address since common sense did say a marriage is between a man and woman. I have nothing against civil unions but I think common sense died.

BTW, I really break off with the Libertarian Party where I think their policy on defense is not always correct and their stance on immigration and abortion is a platform I do not agree with.