[Blood of Tyrants]

this is an issue that states have to decide for themselves.'

And how is that a bad thing. I don't like it that several states have legalized homosexual marriage, but I don't heve to live in them either. When they start trying to force my home state to recognize their marriage, THEN I have a problem.

[BillyBoy]

And how is popular sovereignty a bad thing, Mr. Lincoln? I don't like treating human beings as property either, but if Maryland says its fine and dandy to have slavery and own another person, who am I to tell them otherwise?

[TomGuy]

this is an issue that states have to decide for themselves.'

And how is that a bad thing.

Because it is a political shellgame trick. Sure, let one state decide, then 2, and 4, and another dozen, etc. Eventually, the other states will be coerced into reciprocity agreements, but the politicians can say they didn't support it.

[ansel12]

Marriage isn’t a state issue today, there is no way that states will be allowed to ignore families that relocate or get transferred there by the federal govt, and military, pretending that ‘gay marriage’ is a state issue is a way to “get r done” for gay marriage nationally.

Besides the feds have to decide on many millions of marriages itself, such as in widow benefits and immigration policy and in the military and federal employment.

Gay marriage has already been recognized by the federal government, the military, and in immigration and several states, no state is going to be able to stop those families at their borders or with a separate set of family laws.