Exactly why must the government get into the business of promoting relationships of any kind? How about eliminating the differences in the tax code and other areas of law between married and single folk? All this goes away in an instant the moment the government gets its nose out of this area of life where they have no business (just like about 4 million other areas of our lives that they have no proper authoity to be involved in).
I personally believe the tax code should be simplified. I don’t believe in rewarding someone or hurting someone with the tax code however that is irrespective of whether it is constitutional for the govt to license marriage as originally defined and not generic unions and call them marriage.
The judges ruling is crap and while I support less of a role of govt in my life govt supporting marriage as it has always been and rationally defined is not high on my list of oppression. What I do see as oppressive is those who would intimidate and deprive me of liberty because of my very valid and reasoned opinions concerning one form of “sexual” behavior.
Several Constitutional arguments can be made around being authorized to define standards and measure (in this case a uniform definition of terms) and in regulating naturalization (as citizenship is tied to directly to birthright, parentage, and marriage.)
Because married couples produce off-spring and families that strengthen the nation.