This states that marriage is a civil contract and not religious.
Congratulations dumbass, you just made the case for gay marriage.
Better to have left it in the province of Religion and out of the hands of the State.
“This states that marriage is a civil contract and not religious.”
Reynolds explicitly states that the federal government has the power to regulate marriage contracts according to the English Common law, to ban polygamy and bigamy and to enforce said contracts.
What does the English Common law say about marriage? One man, one woman. The state cannot change this, because the common law predates the establishment of the United States - but the state can enforce this standard. And the power is given to the federal government - to regulate the definition.