Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee introduced legislation today that would allow states to set their own standards as to what defines marriage.
Breitbart reported:

On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced S. 2024, the State Marriage Defense Act, which allows states to set their own standards as to what defines marriage and protects the states from having the federal government encroach on that territory.

Thirty-three states define marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

Cruz stated:
I support traditional marriage. Under President Obama, the federal government has tried to re-define marriage and to undermine the constitutional authority of each state to define marriage consistent with the values of its citizens. The Obama Administration should not be trying to force gay marriage on all 50 states. We should respect the states, and the definition of marriage should be left to democratically elected legislatures, not dictated from Washington. This bill will safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for [their] residents.

Lee echoed:
How a state should define marriage should be left up to the citizens of each state. It is clear the Obama administration finds the principles of federalism inconvenient in its effort to force states to redefine the institution of marriage. The State Marriage Defense Act provides an important protection for states, respecting the right to choose for themselves how each will treat the institution of marriage under the law.

Meanwhile… A federal judge struck down Virginia’s ban on gay marriage on Thursday.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/02/...ge-defense-act/

Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #2

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First the constitution neither delegates the definition of marriage to the federal government nor denies it to the states.

Secondly a lot of sturm and drang would eliminated if a 'civil union' between two people (homosexuals in particular) were granted the same legal status as 'marriage' of two heterosexuals. Of course this solution would eliminate a 'good crisis' currently being used to undermine society.

IIRC in parts of Europe everyone goes to city hall for a civil union. Then those who choose to do so go to church and are married, i.e. have their union blessed in the eyes of God.

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Zitat

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As long as there are still Christians who actually follow Christ and uphold his word, a vast amount of people around the world — never mind Islam — will never ever see gay marriage as anything other than a legal encroachment of God’s intent.

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This is a religious battle not just a secular one. And it is not a civil rights or equality battle - its a 1st amendment battle. A battle we must fight, we cannot yield or compromise, we must WIN at all costs.

Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #3

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I thought this for a while also, but now I'm beginning to see that gays would not be satisfied with civil unions, neither will they be satisfied with gay-marriage itself, even though that's what they are pushing currently.

They will in fact not be satisfied until everyone is forced to accept their lifestyle as 'normal' and anyone who opposes this are criminalized and punished. This is what they want - dissent silenced and all dissenters punished or even executed if necessary. I think if we don't fight it will come to this.

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Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #4

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Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #3

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I thought this for a while also, but now I'm beginning to see that gays would not be satisfied with civil unions, neither will they be satisfied with gay-marriage itself, even though that's what they are pushing currently.

They will in fact not be satisfied until everyone is forced to accept their lifestyle as 'normal' and anyone who opposes this are criminalized and punished. This is what they want - dissent silenced and all dissenters punished or even executed if necessary. I think if we don't fight it will come to this.

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I don't think so. Most of the gays I know have no interest in getting married or having kids or any of the things the super small minority of gay activist push for. If you look at the amount of gay marriages that take place in states that legalize it, it usually drops to nothing after the initial excitement wears off.

As far as I am concerned, the govt' should stay the hell out of any of this. Marriage is a religious institution and is something God should judge, not some appointed judge or half assed legislator.

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Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee introduced legislation today that would allow states to set their own standards as to what defines marriage.
Breitbart reported

Given that the Constitution says not one word about the Federal government and marriage, are not the 9th and 10th Amendments adequate to this issue? I mean, in a sane world, of course.

Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #5

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.....most of these guys do however want their lifestyle accepted as 'normal'.

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