RP is big on the Constitution supposedly.
The Constitution does not mention a word on marriage.
Marriage should therefore be regulated by the states if the Constitution still carries any weight.
A constitutional ammendment should have been passed on what constitutes a family. Otherwise all Hell breaks loose. What if Utah says a man can marry multiple wives? Or Kentucky says you can marry brothers and sisters?
The federal government has had it’s own relationship with marriage from the very first, even with the Continental congress, there are marriage decisions regarding the military, federal employment, immigration, and today, foreign policy.
Rand Paul is running for federal office, not state office, we need to know what his positions are because he will be making decisions at the federal level.
Obama just approved gay marriage for the military for example.
...or not regulated by the government at all.