Obama Administration Appeals Gay Marriage Ruling

Now, this could be some wrangling by the administration to show that the president, who is a former Contitutional teacher, just to show that he does indeed protect the constitution as his oath as president instructs him to do. It could be argued that he does so only to warrant the liberal-Democrat agenda, but once again, givie credit where it's due. Although, it is up to the individual states isn't it?