Why do you support changing what the institute of marriage has meant throughout the history of civilization? I can think of no positive reason why marriage should be open to anything other than a man and a woman. How does gay marriage advance society?
Hopefully courts in other states will come to the same conclusions. Then, the gay activists will have to go out and make the case to legislatures and the people that homosexual marriage is good for society, and worthy of passing a law allowing it.
The gay activists really have taken it in the backside so far. So far, their campaign to force this through the courts has resulted in 1 victory and 20 state constitutional bans preventing court action to redefine marriage. At least 6 more states vote in November on constitutional bans, and some more may vote in 2007 and 2008.
They could have tried to get laws passed in the various state legislatures. Instead, they decided to try to force this through the courts. I don't think they ever anticipated the hugh backlash that winning such a court case would provoke. In 2002, only 4 states had constitutional amendments defining marriage, and none were planned in any other state at that time.
So now that they are having trouble in the courts, now they want to try the legislative route, after they have engendered so much ill will with trying to go through court.
Time will tell what happens with this whole subject.
Some other time. I don't think it appropriate to turn this thread into a gay marriage debate. I have debated it before on this forum. It is not a seminal issue for me, so I don't feel constrained to make it my signature issue.