Last week Federal Judge Joseph Tauro ruled in favor of states’ rights and declared that state laws allowing gays to be married trump the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
In one fell swoop, Judge Tauro made federalists of dozens of former states’ righters, including Rep. Jerry Moran. Rep. Moran not only wants the Defense of Marriage Act to be upheld on appeal of Judge Tauro’s defiant decision, but also wants the U.S. Constitution to be amended to declare marriage to be the union of one man and woman. Period. Thus ending the right of any state to write its own laws on…
