[longtermmemmory]

37 states have a defense of marriage act. Massachusetts(regardless of what the courts do) is on course to pass its own doma. 38 states would be required to adopt the constitutional ammendment.

the ammendment for those who have not seen is:

"Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman." "Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups."

[AntiGuv]

There is 0% chance that Massachusetts will ratify the Federal Marriage Amendment with a majority vote in legislature. Putting an amendment to their State constitution before the voters requires only 25% of the legislators to vote in favor, and they've had a heck of a time rounding those up....

I'd stop looking at the DOMA states because most of those statutes were either already on the books before 1996 or placed there by ballot initiative. It's misleading and you cannot ratify a U.S. Constitution amendment by initiative.