DOMA aside, their is a clause in the Constitution itself - name of it escapes me for now - that means states don’t have to recognize laws from other states on any issue not just gay marriage IF those laws conflict with their own states laws and legal precedents.
As to DOMA, I thought it was a law that stated the FEDERAL legal position on marriage as it applies to any federal issue and did not attempt to legislate for states on the issue.
Obama refuses to defend DOMA in any lawsuit in the courts where it is an issue, so right now DOMA is defenseless. Yes it still on the books but the regime through its precepts under the bus...
OK the clause I’m thinking of is Full Faith and Credit, and it’s not the words of the clause that exempt states from having to recognize gay marriage it’s the INTERPRETATION of the clause which has been that marriages and other civil proceedings are not binding on states whose public policy is in conflict with for example recognizing gay marriages, divorces etc.
I didn’t know what DOMA referenced on that issue and in regard to the states’ rolls, but whatever it says, there is a legal precedent going way back that finds an exception under Full Faith and Credit for such issues as gay marriage...which is not dependent on DOMA.