I would have to agree with Nos and the rest, I just dont think the Gov should be in this game. If you want to be married, go to a church and deal with the requirments they set out. Dont like those requirments, go to a different one, or start your own. Want what we now define as a civil union for the taxes, benifits, or psycological support reasons? Fine, go to the courthouse and fill out a form.

This whole debate is more about societal acceptance than about any real rights. Gays already had the same rights to life, liberty and the persute of happness (short hand for all the rights we have) in CA, what they dont have is the name of ‘marriage’ and the supposed social acceptance that comes with it. What you are seeing in the voting booths is more peoples unwillingness to be told that they WILL accept something that they are not comfortable with by a judge, even if they have nothing against any single individual.