
And simultaneously twists himself into a pretzel in the process….. He proclaims that “Defining Marriage”, and by consequence what genders/species can be considered “married” is, to him, a state issue. That is on one hand.

But, on the other hand, President Obama holds simultaneous opinion that “Abortion”, or in a larger context “pregnancy or the elimination thereof”, is a federal issue.
This is the same non-reconcilable progressive ideological leftist hypocrisy that continually happens when the institutional left attempts advocacy or even disparagement toward an opposing advocacy. (more on that another day)
For now his Tenth Amendment supportive position is politically leveraged. Highly politically leveraged, because New York, unlike all other legal constructs of previous gay marriage, has required reciprocity within their legislation. Meaning, they did not attach a paragraph accepting that other states are not bound to recognize the contract. New York has bound all other 49 states to recognizing their definition marriage.
This reciprocity conflict will lead the New York marriage law eventually into the Supreme Court, there is no other way around it. Either SCOTUS will have to define “legal marriage”, or they will affirm the 10th amendment.
Unlike Obama, the Supreme Court cannot have it both ways. The consequence of SCOTUS defined marriage would federalize legislation and override the states. If SCOTUS affirms states rights to define, the consequence would strike down the New York law, and force NY to restructure their law. Duplicating the law in all other gay marriage states who cannot, and do not, bind the republic with reciprocity. (more…)