Appreciate the information.
But, what exactly is the federal definition of marriage?
In 2013, The Supreme Court declared that the federal government must recognize same sex marriages from states which allowed same. The Court declared that the federal government could not define marriage as a man and a woman as had been done in the Defense of Marriage Act.
I think that, as of right now, there is no federal definition of marriage. Though we see federal judge after judge declaring traditional marriage in the states to be unconstitutional, there really is no federal definition of marriage as such which they are violating.
Marriage is and always has been a Religious Ceremony, the State didn’t get involved til the turn of the century so as to prevent blacks from marrying whites. There is No Such thing as a Federal Marriage License, the STATE could abolish all such licenses tomorrow, and leave it up to Churches to the Marrying, JUST LIKE BEFORE and the Feds can do NOTHING about it.
That is the only option FREE STATES have at the moment if they refuse to exercise their Constitutional Role and buck the inferior federal Courts.
I think they should do it just to piss the feds off.