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From a legal perspective and from a conservative perspective, I see the Federal Marriage Amendment only codifying was is the state of the law now. It also is taking the federal government out of the marriage issue and putting it back where it belongs, to the states INDIVIDUALLY. (Remember not all states recongnize common law marriage.)

It it making this one less issue to be in government hands.

Marriage (or civil unions or civil marriages) are a by their very nature a public act. Peoples private sexual bedroom behavior should remain private and not part of the public instutition.

I am just very grateful GWBush considered it valuble enough to his administration to put it in the last state of the union speech of his first term. It also boxes in the seven dwarves. Dean would abolish marriage and make everything civil unions. Clark would probably "me too" that notion. You will not find any democrat who will support marriage as crystal clear as the Republican.

The democrats will weasel. Then again, weaseling is to be expected from the French looking Kerry.