[Sabertooth]

I think there's a large contingent of moderate folks who would say it isn't for the government to meddle

But that's clearly what the least accountable branch of government it preparing to do.

To castigate a marriage Amendment because it represents government meddling is analogous to Democrats saying the the US Supreme Court decided the 2000 Election.

No, the Supreme Court prevented the Florida Supreme Court from deciding the election.

The proposed Constitutional Marriage Amendment isn't meddling in marriage, it's to prevent the SCOTUS from doing exactly that.

And no, the irony isn't lost on me.

[aristeides]

Here's what Safire predicted this morning:

What about all the other states that anticipated this cultural battle and passed laws refusing to recognize any such marriages? The coming dispute among states will go to the Supreme Court, and even if the next three appointees are Scalia clones, I'll bet the court will hold that the laws of one state that do not offend the U.S. Constitution must be recognized by all other states.

So this amendment is needed.