[dirtboy]

At its gravest level, the amendment would make a significant incursion into federalism and state's rights

How exactly does following the Constitutionally-mandated process for amending the Constitution, which includes ratification by 3/4s of the states, infringe on federalism and state's rights? Dumb.

[conserv13]

You're right, which is why it will never pass.

[Antoninus]

How exactly does following the Constitutionally-mandated process for amending the Constitution, which includes ratification by 3/4s of the states, infringe on federalism and state's rights? Dumb.

It doesn't, of course. The only thing funnier than this is the notion I've heard bandied about that the SCOTUS will declare the amendment "unconstitutional." There are an awful lot of constitutional illiterates out there.

[billbears]

How exactly does following the Constitutionally-mandated process for amending the Constitution, which includes ratification by 3/4s of the states, infringe on federalism and state's rights? Dumb.

Not dumb at all when you consider the original intent of the Constitution was a limitation on the federal government only. In effect what you are doing by passing such an Amendment is limiting the states to handle their internal affairs as they see fit. Some states will pass DOMAs, some will not. However passage of an Amendment requires the states to adhere to the federal standard, thereby limiting the rights of the separate and sovereign states.

Of course even the most inept conservative would understand this by reading the Federalist Papers and the promises made by those three authors. But who said social 'conservatives' and Republicans were conservative at all? They just want their way.