# 1st Circuit Court of Appeals: Defense of Marriage Act is Unconstitutional **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 31, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-circuit-court-of-appeals-defense-of-marriage-act-is-unconstitutional/623653 "2012-05-31T14:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 453
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-circuit-court-of-appeals-defense-of-marriage-act-is-unconstitutional/623653/453 "2012-06-09T16:57:01Z")
To forestall another multipage detour, I observe that “their Creator” as the term was used by Jefferson and his contemporaries did not mean the fundamentalist God, the Chriustian God generally, nor even the Deist _deus otiosus_ who built a clockwork Universe, wound it up, and walked away., Think of the Star Trek Vulcan concept of _cthia_, where right knowledge of a presumably self-effectuating Universe leads logically to right action. One of my favorite scenes from Star Trek, highly relevant here, is when Markj Lenard’s Sarek, after confirming that Vulcans operate by logic and not emotion, is then asked why he married his human wife Amanda. He quirks an eyebrow and replies, “It was logical.” 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-circuit-court-of-appeals-defense-of-marriage-act-is-unconstitutional/623653)._