[SoConPubbie]

I'm assuming you are referring to the Federal constitution and leaving the various State constitution and laws out of your post.

This having been said, just because states implemented and enforced Marriage Laws, does not mean they aren't constitutional from a Federal perspective because we have the 10th Amendment to the constitution that reads as follows:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

[patlin]

We’re talking Federal law, nto state law. I am very well aware of states rights. The law in reference here is national law, not state law.