Advocates of traditional families and marriage have been stating for years that in order to solidify "one man, one woman" marriages, a constitutional amendement is needed. DOMA which was signed by President Clinton, ensures that the Federal governments defintion of marriage remains traditional.
Here is the first of perhaps many lawsuits to come challenging DOMA as unconstitutional. Knowing that this would eventually come, advocates have been wanting to pass a consitutional amendment with no success. This will be interesting to follow over time.
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I thought the DOMA was interesting in many ways. If anything it empowers states to decide whether or not they will issue same sex licenses, and whether or not they will accept said licenses from other states. With the US Government bowing out of the picture the end result could be very diverse indeed, and I am not so sure this is a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteI really do think this is way interesting! I can see both sides of the argument, and there seem to be valid points on each side. But, there is such emotion involved in the issue that I don't know if current policy will be overturned anytime soon. Even though same sex advocates are pushing it, in most cases I think politicians would be scared to even think about changing the current policy.
ReplyDeleteThe lawsuit is not challenging the provision that states can decide whether or not to acknowledge and/or support same-sex marriage. They are challenging the provision preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage and therefore preventing legally married same-sex couples from accessing federal benefits such as social security and the ability to file jointly on federal income taxes.
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