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Against the Federal Marriage Amendment The word marriage means many things to many different people. To some people marriage is a religious ceremony, and should remain a religious union, without any interaction by the government. For others marriage is a legal contract, which should benefit both parties involved in the marriage. According Wikipedia.com, most people define marriage as “(1) the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as a husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of the traditional relationship.” Not only has the type of contract marriage is become so controversial, but also the idea of who exactly is allowed to be married is an unresolved issue. Due to so many conflicting views on marriage, some people have wanted the government to define the word marriage, while others feel that it is not in the government’s job description to do so. As a result the Federal government did decide to define it with the proposition of the marriage amendment. What the marriage amendment states is that “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and woman. Neither constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the logical incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.” However despite efforts by the government to solve matters/issues of marriage, more problems in fact come out of this. The marriage amendment should not be in motion because it goes against the very idea of federalism, takes away civil rights, and also takes power away from the courts also. The Fed... ... middle of paper ... ... gets involved, mass amounts of people for and against same sex marriage will be unhappy with whichever way it is ruled. Bibliography Carpenter, Dale. “The Federal Marriage Amendment: Unnecessary, Anti-Federalist, Anti- Democratic.” Policy Analysis. Cato Institute. June 2006. . [1-11] "Federal Marriage Amendment." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 11 Dec 2008, 04:17 UTC. 19 Dec 2008 . Mr. Chief Justice Warren. “Loving ET UX. v. Virginia .” Supreme Court Of The United States. June 1968. Paul, Ron. “The Federal Marriage Amendment Is a Very Bad Idea.” Ron Paul Archives, 2004 October: 1. < http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul207.html>.