Your idea for a federal constitutional amendment is goofy.
The only 'goofy' part about it is that it is almost a neccessity because the courts have gone so overboard in their rulings. You are right it is 'goofy' to need a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage, but its not me who is being goofy, but the courts.
Yes, apparently they do, which is unfortunate. This court will not accept any definition written by the legislature defining what a marriage is unless it includes gays. A constitutional amendment is the only way around this idiots, unless you have a realistic way of impeaching these clowns.