[xzins]

"There's no heterosexual couple that is going to decide to get divorced or not to get married or not to raise children just because another couple next to them is treated equally and with respect and decency under our Constitution."

He's wrong. Culture isn't only about "immediate reaction". It's about a culture that develops around the norms, customs, laws, etc.

Olsen is endorsing a real war on women and children, the protected class in the institution of marriage. We already see them impoverished through out-of-wedlock births.

MARRIAGE becomes irrelevant in a polygamous, homosexual (even bestial?) culture.

Culture itself is dependent on its morality, and a culture without God is a culture where no one is accountable. How do you hold a welfare check baby-daddy accountable? You're already paying for him.

So, homosexual marriage deconstructs our current 'nuclear family' culture and replaces it with a 'homosexual' culture or a 'random relationship' culture.

A true war on women and children.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“MARRIAGE becomes irrelevant ...”

Unfortunately, marriage has been becoming more and more irrelevant over time for a long period. People get married as an option these days, many with the idea “I’ll give this a try”. The ‘until death do us part’ thing isn’t really relevant anymore.