[Jim Noble]

Please research the Defense of Marriage Act and the Marriage Protection Act.

Facially unconstitutional.

This Supreme Court will overrule it in five minutes.

[kennedy]

Facially unconstitutional.

I'm not so sure. The Supreme Court has granted the feds the power to regulate just about every other type of contract on interstate commerce grounds, why not the marriage contract? Also, the feds have a legitimate reason for setting a uniform definition of marriage, since the Internal Revenue Code, the welfare laws and other federal statutes are filled with provisions that grant or take away rights based on marital status.

[BlackElk]

Jim, If you decide to leave the People's Demonratic Lavender Republic of Taxachusetts with your family and friends, remember to tell everyone NOT to look back on the way out. God bless you and yours!