[Modernman]

Negative. A bill passed by Bill Clinton in 1996 states that marriage is defined as betwenn a man and a woman and states laws do not supercede Federal laws

The problem with that is, it's difficult to see where the Federal power to regulate marriages comes from. Marriage has historically been exclusively a power left to the States.

[AbsoluteJustice]

Agreed but when it comes to interstate travel and the recognizing of laws across states that is a federal issue and if the feds defined marriage as between a man and a woman and one state does not recognize it then by law it will not be recognized 1)Federally and 2)within the state.

I guess once it hit inter-states that is when the feds have jurisdiction. So to simplify things they made the law in 1996.