When I go married, the State of Indiana issued my marriage license. The US government did not. Nor should they have, because the federal government should never be involved in my personal life.
Since the State of Indiana is issuing marriage licenses, they are the ones who define what a marriage is in the State of Indiana. If the State of Utah or Vermont or California choose to define marriage in a different way then the State of Indiana, that is their prerogative...
But when a federal judge tells the State of California that the definition of marriage in their constitution is unconstitutional, that is just plain wrong!
If the federal government wants to claim the power to define marriage, they had better amend their own constitution to give them that power; until they do that, they had better leave it to the States. See Amendment 10.
The biggest objection to this principle is that we need a consistent definition of marriage so there will be fairness in our income taxes. If you had been paying attention, you should know that the federal government should never be involved in my personal life, including income tax. I know that is a part of our constitution now, but it defies the principle, because it requires me to give personal information to the federal government. It is wrong, and Amendment 16 needs to be repealed (For an example, see Amendment 21, my personal favorite.)
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