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Well, any good old-fashioned states-rights Republican would be against this measure, because it usurps the power of the states to set their own guidelines for marriage, which they traditionally have. 38 states already legally define marriage as between a man and a woman only. The rest can if they want to.
For the same reason, I'm also upset with the periodic attempts at the federal level to introduce a national bankruptcy law. Each state already has its own bankruptcy laws, but the proposed federal ones have been much more forgiving to the banking and credit industries, who have been pouring money into the pocket of politicians on both sides of the aisle. So, through corruption, the federal government again attempts to ursurp the powers allocated to the states.
As for the proposed federal gay marriage ban, some conservatives were also opposed because vague language in the bill could also be read to ban gay civil unions of any kind. And a lot of people who oppose gay marriage don't really have a problem with civil unions.
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