You want marriage defined from state to state? What happens when your neighbor drives over to Illinois with his boyfriend, two girlfriends marries them and then drives back home, how does your state deal with that?
Umm, nothing stops them from doing that now, my FRiend.
how does your state deal with that?
The ONLY thing at issue is whether the government recognizes such unions, and what right/benefits are conferred by that joining. Getting government out of the business of treating married and single folks differently makes all of the Gay Marriage issues immediately moot...
But thank you for proving my point. You apparently want to use the Federal Government to promote YOUR social views, and are unwilling to give up a chance at that that power.
You want marriage defined from state to state?
Government should not be defining something that pre-dates its existence. I want them to stay out of the issue entirely. (Just as the Census form ought to have one question and only one blank to fill in, tax forms etc need never ask us about our love lives.) Why are you so insistent on keeping government in authority over how couples relate to each other?