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Originally posted by sgtclub
I responded via my post to Wonk. When you speak to a gay audience and tell them that DOMA is a mean spirited attack on them, the impression you are leaving is that you back their right to marry. To then later come out and say you are against gay marriage leaves your initial stance disingenuous.
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Arrrgh! Why do you leave no room for the possibility that Dems might genuinely think that, as a matter of con law, states can do things the federal government can't, or shouldn't? Sure, I only made this discovery in 1994 when we lost Congress in the midterms, but the lesson has certainly stuck with me for the past 10 years.
It's possible to believe DOMA was a mean-spirited attack on gays, even if you personally don't believe gays should marry, because other people in your state might disagree with you and you might think living with that result is better than having Frist and Hastert decide.
Also, it's entirely possible that Kerry thinks the feds should live with whatever the states decide about which of their citizens can marry because defining familial relations on biblical and "traditional" principles isn't an enumerated power of Congress.
