Maybe the "defense of marriage" act we need is one which raises the bar on divorce. Easy divorce has harmed more families then any other cause. Divorce is what has weakened marriage in this country, not homosexuality, incest, or bestiality.
But nobody wants to deal with the divorce problem. All this ranting about gay marriage weakening the institution reminds me of the story of the drunk looking for his lost keys under the streetlight. Someone comes along and offers to help, asking "where did you lose them?" "In the alley," the drunk replies, "but it's too dark to see anything there."
Like the drunk, so-called "defenders of marriage" are not addressing the hard problem, but are searching for a solution in a place that won't do them any good.
But nobody wants to deal with the divorce problem. You are wrong, there are thsoe trying to fight it. Many in the Father's Movement and anti-feminist movement have been screaming about it for years - but the media supresses the muffled screams. Remember the poor desperate Brit in London on top of a building last month? The feminist movement is if anything more powerful than the gay activist movement and has been a huge part of the problem. They have done everything possible to make divorce an enticing alternative for greedy women with marriages that are getting inconvenient. A little known fact, the vast majority of divorces today are no fault and initiated by women. It's a ticket to fiscally rape men in many states if they make the mistake of marrying the wrong kind of women. It should be harder to get divorced and family courts should be fairer to men post-divorce than they are ... but POWERFUL forces oppose any change.
Comments like these .... "so-called "defenders of marriage" are not addressing the hard problem" ... are unfair. So what are *you* doing to address 'the hard problem' if you say it is so key??