Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Sunday declined to say whether he wants the Supreme Court to invalidate a key piece of the Defense of Marriage Act, though he did say part of DOMA “federalizes” the same-sex marriage issue which he believes should be left to the states.
“I think there’s a chance the court could strike down the federalization of part of it,” Paul said on “Fox News Sunday.” “If they do, I think the way to fix it is maybe to try to make all of our laws more neutral towards the issue — and I don’t want the government promoting something I don’t believe in but I also don’t mind if the government tries to be neutral on the issue.”
As an example, Paul said that his ideal tax code would be flat and “we wouldn’t have marriage as part of the tax code.”
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of Section 3 of DOMA this week.
