At the end of September, I saw a Facebook ad supporting the federal HR 8404 bill on gay marriage. It claimed that the full faith and credit clause requires all states to recognize same sex marriages. I think this is a ridiculous argument. A broad interpretation of the clause would allow one state to impose a law on the other 49 states, which would defeat the purpose of the Constitution and the Republic. Both interracial marriage and cousin marriage existed in America before the Constitution was even written. If the Founding Fathers thought the clause was about marriage, then interracial marriage and cousin marriage would have never been illegal. The Supreme Court did not even address this clause in their 2015 Obergefell decision. Instead, they used the Equal Protection Clause. However, creating a separate category of marriage for gays is the opposite of equality. The court also claimed it was about dignity, which is not even mentioned in the Constitution. Last year Utah prosecuted a cousin couple that was legally married in Colorado, and I do not remember a single politician or judge complaining about how they were treated.

Cory Hamblin

Woods Cross

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