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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
talked about that in this thread, beginning roughly at that page
As I'd rather not make an assumption, could you restate the underlined?
Anyways, basically to prevent the Supreme Court from intervening on behalf of the opposing side. 30 states have banned gay marriage (and have not had the legislation/amendments overturned by the courts), and there's no way a law forcing gay marriage on the country could ever make it through congress. So the only way left for the opposing side is via the Supreme Court.
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"After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience, a few judges and local authorities are presuming to change the most fundamental institution of civilization. Their actions have created confusion on an issue that requires clarity."
This was Bush's justification for why a constitutional amendment was necessary that restricted marriage to opposite-sex couples. However he never followed through with his support by lobbying for an amendment to actually take shape because at the time most senators believed that any DOMA could withstand any constitutional challenge.