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To grant the power to define marriage to the Federal Government is a time bomb, and it will blow in our faces just like every other time we have turned over a State's right to the Feds.

I have the same fear of it being a time bomb ... but I also can't deny that others here do have a point on what WILL happen down the road.

So how is this problem to be solved

I don't know how the problem will be solved, I don't think is a solveable problem.

I think that we need to step back and tone the hysteria down. I don't for one minute believe that because the two guys down the street who have been living together for ten years as an apenly gay couple, have a piece of paper from the Clerk of the Circuit Court stating that they are married, the rest of us will stop getting married, raising families, and living a Christian life.

It should absolutely be left to the States to define what a marriage is, as the Constitution says. There wll undoubtedly be a State that will recognize same-sex unions of one sort of another, probably a Civil Union.

The States should then appeal to Congress to create a fourth exemption to the Full Faith and Credit Clause, and set the standards for how each State could follow suit. Once again, leave the decision to the States, they can decide whther they will recognize same-sex Civil Unions (marriages not performed by clergy) or not.

The problem with the Defense of Marriage Act, is that it legislated a general exemption to the Full Faith and Credit Clause without there ever having been a conflict that needed to be resolved. The Constitution did not give that power to Congress.

Our culture is changing, and trying to stop change of this magnitude is like trying to block the sun with one finger. We may not be able to stop the changes, but we should be able to impact it.

And it's going to be rough sailing ahead too, better believe it.

It's never easy when a Biblical, Constitutionally approved, revered institution as old as time itself is challenged.

Look what happened when Lincoln did it.