"If anything this is a wining issue for conservatives."
I think you may have misspelled a word there. Did you mean to put in another "n," or an "h?" It makes a difference.
"then allow MASS residents to vote on whether to ban it in the '06 elections"
They will never allow us to vote on it, because they know we will vote it down, even in Massachusetts where we have Barney Frank-n-beans. If the gubmint is going to be involved in marriage at all, we need a marriage amendment that defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman of consenting age.