[No Dems 2004]

"That would preserve the concept of Federalism, which the other amendment doesn't."

The only problem is that a lot of us want gay marriage totally banned across the United States. I don't think that your proposed Amendment would do that.

[RonF]

The only problem is that a lot of us want gay marriage totally banned across the United States. I don't think that your proposed Amendment would do that.

No, it would not. But for the Federal government to step in and tell the states what they can and cannot define as marriage is a violation of Federalism. Someone can be conservative without being a fundamental Christian/Jew/Moslem. There have been a number of conservatives who are finding a conflict in telling the states what they can define as "marriage", as well as in the concept that one state can tell another state what a marriage is. This fixes that.