(September 7, 2014 at 9:10 pm)Natachan Wrote: I'm not sure. The ruling against DOMA was a due process ruling, stating section 3 denied due process and was an overstep of the commerce clause. Since marriage is a state issue the federal government had no right to deny rights that are specific to states. A state law might well be held up as constitutional, as it was in Louisiana.
There's a world of difference between a federal district court and the supreme court, hell, even a federal court of appeals. I fully appreciate the makeup of SCOTUS - but I'd bet a fair amount of money on the outcome of this case, and I don't like to bet when the odds aren't in my favor.
