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So a drive-through marriage in Las Vegas isn't recognized by other states? And gay people have that same freedom, right? So the Federal government has to get involved.And this is where the Federal government gets involved. To end disputes between states. If one state recognizes a gay couple's marriage then every state must recognize that gay couples marriage. That is how it works for heterosexuals, so equality under the law states that this is how it must be for homosexual and lesbian couples, too. A heterosexual couple who gets drunk in Las Vegas and get married as a joke are legally married in every state. This same right is equally available to everyone, or it is not available to anyone.
The US Federal government cannot pass a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage or defining "traditional" marriage as between a man and a woman because that is unconstitutional. It infringes on the rights of the homosexual and lesbian citizens, and the First Amendment forbids religious dogma from becoming US law.
Your religion does not have any power over American law. That is your religious fantasy.
Do you want to abolish the First Amendment in order to protect "traditional" marriage?
The 1A has nothing to do with this, low information one.
And nothing in the Constitution makes one state subservient to another state. The opposite in fact.
The First Amendment has everything to do with this because you religious talking monkeys can only cite the Bible as your reason for opposing gay and lesbian rights, and the First Amendment prohibits religious bullshit from taking over the US legal system. So the question stands: Are you willing to abolish the First Amendment in order to inject your narrow-minded religious view of marriage into US law?
I am an atheist, and I have never cited the Bible has a reason for opposing gay marriage. That's one more claim we can add to the pile of your discredited arguments.