Eugene,
I'm sorry, but I don't understand your comment below. I am aware of excuses but
not a rational basis for limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. Nor am I
aware of how DOMA doesn't violate the constitutional right marry based on Loving
v. Virginia and Lawrence v. Texas.
The real problem
It’s been a while since this thread petered out, so I’d rather
not burden list members with more on this unless there’s really a good deal of
interest in reviving it. But in an earlier post I tried to offer two basis for
limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples that should, I t