Maybe... because it has no business being litigated in the Capitol? Marriage is a state issue, it's always been a state issue and should stay a state issue.
Amending the constitution isn't going to happen in the normal course of things since you'll never get two-thirds of both houses to send it to the states for ratification in this social-political climate.
Unless and until SCOTUS strikes down CA's state constitutional, Prop 8, as federally unconstitutional and/or they rule against DOMA, this issue is dead at the federal level where they have far more pressing matters like runaway deficits, a roadkill recovery and no budget in 1000 days.
Marriage is a natural law issue. That’s why it must be defended at every level of governance.
To support “laws” that violate the natural law is to destroy the rule of law, and thereby to destroy the possibility of being a free people, and of passing along liberty to our children and grandchildren.
“Maybe... because it has no business being litigated in the Capitol? Marriage is a state issue, it’s always been a state issue and should stay a state issue.”
Oh? And when is the last time you heard of a contract becoming invalid because you moved to another State?
You need to look up the The Full Faith and Credit Clause of Article IV, Section 1 and see how that lines up with your state-issue theory.
The fight IS at the federal level and you suggest we win by retreating to the States -what next retreating to the towns, then retreating to our places of worship and finally our homes? When will YOU wake up to what is going on?
We conservatives must succeed if our country is to survive and success is NOT about retreat and compromise! What worked for Reagan was promoting a correct understanding of what it means to be a Republic and what limited government is all about (not JUST a balanced budget); but a principled position, a clarion call that our primary goal as patriots is to defend the people against the encroachments of big government.
If the advocates of the homosexual agenda want to use and expand the power of the government at the federal level to impose the normalcy of homosexual sex upon the people and we proclaim we represent those that defend against this, WE WILL WIN at the polls and we will return our country back to the people!