Originally Posted by qtiger
The point is they are trying to intervene at the federal level. Why is a federal amendment needed when the states are creating their own amendments?
Well, because they fear (dislike, whatever excuse-du-jour) same-sex marriage, and if one state passed a same-sex marriage, then all the states would have to honor it. It would take one Vermont, and suddenly everywhere in the US gay couples could be married, as long as the knot was tied in VT.
Not a problem to me, but many people seem to have a problem with it :dunno: