[TheRealThing]

I have always thought that DOMA would be found unconstitutional, for the same reason that I don't believe that the federal government has the authority to force gay marriage on the entire nation. Short orf a constitutional amendment, I think that is the way that it should remain. I fear that the Supreme Court might do something crazy and abuse the Commerce clause again as an excuse to rationalize issuing a decision based on the political will of its liberal members.

My fear is the deal with the children in gay households. The idea of not disenfranchising these kids in some way if their whatzzits are not allowed to get married and, as was discussed to some extent by Kennedy was troubling. Something like that could give the perception of moral high ground for them to hide behind. You have to hate it for the kids in a situation like that in the first place. Speculation is they will send it back to California due to questions of the congressional group's standing for having it heard by the SCOTUS. Admittedly, a SCOTUS refusal to rule on gay marriage is consistent with the idea that the court can't rule on something that is not addressed in the Constitution. So, it might be back to the California zoo keepers.