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"This is exactly how our government was set up. Powers that do not fall under the state are delegated to the federal government. It's in the constitution.

Huh? 10th Amendment The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The federal government was given limited powers to perform certain functions. Any power not specifically ceded to the federal government, by the people, are reserved for the States or the people themselves.

That does not mean the state has unlimited powers either. The State only has the powers granted to it, again by the people, in the state constitution. All other rights are reserved to the people. That includes the ability to enter into agreement and contracts (vows)..., which is what marriage is.

Now you may not like the idea of gay marriage, but the simple fact of the matter is that the government has no authority over marriage whatsoever.

...The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people....

Yes. Thanks for the clairfication. How mortifing!!

However, I do not think it takes away from my central argument in this regard, Nor do I disagree with yours.

Ammendments, voted on by the people, and enacted through their legislatures, grant authority the government Jursdiction in whatever matter the people decide (including marriage definition). An ammendment will be necessary in light of current events in Mass.

This is about marriage as an institution, not "Gay Marriage"

Again, thanks for bringing up the 10th. I think the rest of my argrments in this regard are okay.

at least someone here knows what they hell they are talking about!

govt has no authority in marriage, nor should they. EVER.

As a free person and a Christian I find it morally reprehensible that the government would think it has any authority that is purely religious. I also find it horrible that people would want to change the Constitution to do this.

Marriage is between individuals, their God facilitated by their Church, and their insurance companies.

The State has no "compelling interests" here, that is up to people to do extranious of the government, through Churches, Boy/Girl Scouts, community action, etc.