Supporters of a Federal Marriage Amendment have warned that without it, federal judges would impose same-sex marriage on the nation.(The Week ...)(Brief Article)

Supporters of a Federal Marriage Amendment have warned that without it, federal judges would impose same-sex marriage on the nation. FMA opponents have dismissed that prediction as speculation. But now a federal judge has provided confirmation. Nebraska voters amended their state's constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. But Judge Joseph Bataillon, a Clinton appointee, struck down the amendment. He reached his result via several convoluted theories--most prominently, the theory that the amendment infringed the political rights of gay people. Before the ...