Skittish of taxes under the royal rule, the Founding Fathers nonetheless granted the right to the federal government to impose taxes under the Constitution.
"Millions of people understand that it's not bigotry to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, and it's not right-wing to think that children need a mother and a father, not two mothers and two fathers, " said Gary Bauer, president of American Values, a group opposed to same-sex marriage.