If there was a bill in the US Congress to ban same sex marriage, what would be the conservative position?
One outcome satisfies the social aspect. One satisfies the limited government aspect.
My position is that you can’t ban something that doesn’t exist.
There is no such thing as “gay marriage”. Any law purporting to create it is a bogus law (and an attempt to create something in law that doesn’t exist in fact).
Banning something that doesn’t exist is pointless. Trying to force people to recognize something that doesn’t exist using the law is an abuse of power.
Talk about a true Statist position: forcing Texas to accept what we don’t recognize as “marriage” would be real big government, especially when we see how “consequential” the recognition has become in some States. Churches, charities, private businesses have all been forced to act based on laws that redefine marriage.
If the States were required to recognize “same sex marriage” ok’d by another State, then it would be a Federal issue, right?
Unfortunately, the Federal courts may make it necessary for us to pass the DOMA as an Amendment.
If an Amendment passes under the Constitutional guidelines, then it’s Constitutional (even if it’s not moral or ethical).