[gidget7]

Marriage is only a moral issue as long as it stayed a covenant. Marriage is protected because it is the foundation of our country and our culture, as is family. That protection makes it a legal issue.

Not having a Federal Marriage Amendment leaves rogue state citizens at the states mercy, and mercy they will not get. When families are broken down, so is society and the country. Government has a vested interest in preventing that from happening. It also has a vested interest in seeing to it that each state remains a Representative Government, as the Constitution dictates. When States or courts determine these issues, the public is not represented, thus such action is unconstitutional. That is when the Fed. govt should step in and tell that state there actions are unconstitutional.

[billbears]

I realize social 'conservatives' have no use for the Constitution, except perhaps to wield it over others for a short period of time. Of course any Amendment limiting the rights of others (i.e. the 18th Amendment) would be overturned in short order. The Constitution was originally designed to limit the federal government alone and not meant to deal with moral issues that may arise.