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Once again, there is no federal marriage "right". That is something made up out of whole cloth by the SCOTUS. If the federal benefits weren't at stake, the whole rights argument put forth thus far goes away. The feds can benefit those who support others through tax relief just as they do through marriage now, without having to muggle around with the state contract of marriage.
They aren't "muggling" around. Merely enforcing the constitution. A state cannot make a distinction of gender without showing an important interest in doing so. Anti-equality advocates have failed to provide that interest.