The editorial board of the New York Times is apoplectic that President Obama is defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal statute that, among other things, ensures that states do not have to recognize "marriages" between two men or two women. I don't get it. President Obama has said many times that he believes that marriage is, and should remain, a relationship between one man and one woman. Most Americans wholeheartedly agree with him. But that's not even what's at issue here. What's at issue is federalism: the right of a state to define "marriage" for itself. Those who are challenging DOMA want states such as Texas to be forced to recognize "marriages" from states such as Massachusetts. You don't have to be opposed to homosexual "marriage" to think that this is outrageous.
Homosexual “Marriage”
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