Douglas V. Gibbs Talks About Gay Marriage with American Family News

On the eve of the Supreme Court hearing two volatile cases on the definition of marriage, a conservative radio host in Southern California is explaining why he thinks the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional – but not for the reason argued by those on the left.

As the high court considers DOMA and California's Proposition 8 this week, Douglas V. Gibbs, host of KCAA’s Constitution radio, believes both marriage cases are in trouble. Gibbs explains that both cases show a turn from the Constitution and the law.

He argues that both the federal government and California’s state leaders neglected their duties to defend their respective law, but stepped over their boundaries to offer their opinion on marriage. The federal government, according to Gibbs, has no authority based on the Constitution to get involved in the issue of marriage.

“The Democrats are right for the wrong reason, but the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional,” he tells American Family News. “It’s not up to the federal government one way or the other – you’ve got to take the good with the bad; it’s a state issue.”

The radio host continues: “Then that goes back to Prop. 8, [which] was a state initiative; therefore, it should remain in place. The federal government constitutionally has no business interfering with it or striking it down because they don’t have that kind of authority.”

Gibbs contends the U.S. Supreme Court would not have taken up Prop. 8 if it was acting within the Constitution – in which case the court would have allowed to stand the California Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld Prop. 8. He attributes that to the shifting society.

“When you have a society that is unwilling to follow a set of moral standards, how can we expect our politicians to follow a set of standards like the Constitution?” he asks.

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