A Marriage Amendment That Makes Sense

Let me start out by saying that I am personally opposed to gay marriage, that I believe marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman, and that marriage has been under enough attack over the last couple decades without distorting it's time-old definition. Let me also state that I do support the idea of having a constitutional amendment, my only disagreement with most of my fellow Republicans is on how that amendment should be worded.

The biggest problem today is not gays getting married, it is the arbitrary actions of activists on the bench and renegade mayors. Trying to legislate their own beliefs on the rest of us, these courts and individuals are shamelessly disregarding the will of the people and subsequently the concept of democracy. Simply put, these entities are defying the rule of law.

The amendment proposed by the president and supported by congressional Republicans does not address this problem. Instead of directly outlawing gay marriage, a new amendment should address the problems I stated above. Here in America it is the will of the people, not the tyranny of a few, that dictates this country's laws. If future generations of Americans decide that gay marriage should be allowed than they should not have an amendment preventing that conviction from coming to fruition.

The will of the people should always carry the day, which is why we should pass an amendment that doesn't outlaw gay marriage, but rather states that gay marriage can only be legalized by a majority vote in that state's legislature or by state referendum. This amendment insures that current and future generation's views are respected, and that issues of this importance are taken away from unelected judges and runaway executives once and for all.

Our Republican leadership is right that we need a constitutional amendment, we should just have one that actually addresses the problem.