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A federal marriage amendment would be good if it could be passed. So would an amendment banning abortion. But the president would have absolutely zero involvement with that process. It would require 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of the state legislatures to pass one. a president could support such a process (and I’m sure most of the Republican candidates, including Cruz would), but that is all they could do. But barring that happening, the correct Constitutional remedy is to return the issue of marriage and abortion to the states where they have always belonged.

...the correct Constitutional remedy is to return the issue of marriage and abortion to the states where they have always belonged.

Should we return the issue of slavery to the states? What would you say if rape was deemed acceptable in certain states, but not in others? How about murder or armed robbery?

And just how does one return the issues of marriage and abortion to the states?

Fifteen years ago we perhaps could have successfully pushed for a Constitutional amendment on marriage, but those supposedly on "our" side said that it wasn't necessary--that it was a states rights issue. You see how well that worked out.

I no longer have much sympathy for compromisers on this issue. It is perhaps now beyond winning either on a state or a federal level. But I still intend to die with my face to the battle. You and all others can face whichever way you choose.