Alternate Federal Marriage Amendment

[A18]

Section 1. Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to require any institution of government in the United States to recognize as marriage, or grant any benefits or incidents of marriage to, any union except that of one man and one woman.

Section 2. No state shall be required by any federal law, or by any provision of this Constitution, to recognize the validity of any marriage except a marriage of one man and one woman.

Section 3. Nothing in this article shall be construed as an endorsement of any prior judicial interpretation of any provision of this Constitution.

[A18]

No, I could not support it.

My principal bone is with Clause 2: If two states have instituted gay marriage, then I believe that under Comity they should be required to recognise one another's marriages.

Good point. I copied this out of a footnote of a law review article. Evidently they didn't think of that.

No.  The opposition to gay marriage is not a matter so pressing nor a position whose support is so strong that it should be brought anywhere near the Constitution.

This amendment is entirely neutral towards gay marriage.

[A18]

No.

I thought you supported states' rights.

[A18]

This amendment doesn't turn anything over to states. It actually just preserves the present law.

I guess you support judicial activism, and imperialism.