We are so screwed. We conservatives were not paying attention. I believe that the federal government will begin withholding federal funds from states that do not accept gay marriage. It has been done many times in the past with DUI and seat belts and even the confederate flag. We are so done unless like one our of FRiends said earlier...a revival. I sorta wished that we would have just made the tax code one percentage across the board so that the gays would not have needed gay marriage to lesson the taxes. The ONLY reason gay marriage is an epidemic is because of that one lesbian couple.....the woman died after they were together 40 years and she ended up having to pay 300 million in taxes where is she was married she didn’t pay a dime in taxes. Taxes are the root of all evil!!!!!!! lol.
Let the States who are so inclined stop accepting any money from the Feds. Whether directly or indirectly it comes from the citizens anyway. I recall when the national speed limit was 55 and Montana’s legislature was going to opt out and raise their own limit. The bureaucracy and pols in Washington went nuts. They insisted that the state must take the money. Well, no we don’t.
They don't even have to do that, the ACLU, lawsuits, the media, and sob stories will clear all that up.
States just do not maintain barriers against legal marriages for long.
""Common-law marriage in the United States can still be contracted in nine states (Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Iowa, Montana, Utah and Texas) and the District of Columbia. New Hampshire recognizes common-law marriage for purposes of probate only, and Utah recognizes common-law marriages only if they have been validated by a court or administrative order. Common-law marriage can no longer be contracted in 27 states, and was never permitted in 13 states.""
Nevertheless, all states — including those that have abolished the contract of common-law marriage within their boundaries — recognize common-law marriages lawfully contracted in those jurisdictions that permit it.
Use the "taxation without Representation Argument", or, "Those Powers not vested in the Federal Government and reserved for The States". There's no "Interstate Commerce" involved in States Rights to operate without interference (except in the minds of Agenda-Minded Judges).
Choosing a deviant lifestyle is NOT a "Marriage", in any sense of the word, and it is NOT in the best-interest of Society. Likewise, it is an "Un-Natural Act" that is the BASIS of it, and we are now forced to recognize its legitimacy?
Doesn't matter what Common Sense tells us; Progressives want to Dictate our conduct and thoughts.