Tenth Amendment Center

Massachusetts, which legalized same-sex marriages in 2004, claims that the federal definition of marriage under DOMA violates its authority under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution to define marriage as it sees fit.

“The purpose of this Resolution is to clearly affirm to Congress and the President our State’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution and to demand that the federal government halt the practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates upon the states for purposes which are not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America” said Representative Perry from the State House.