BeanMaestro – Thank you. That is exactly the point I’m trying to make here. Why do the straight people who have replied to this post care so much about something that does NOT affect them in ANY way. When gays can marry, it will not change your marriage or potential future marriage in any way. Period. that is not debatable. So let it go.

And BTW, holding this to a public vote, deciding whether to grant the same rights of the majority to a minority group, is patently unfair. That is why changing interracial marriage California state law in the 1960s took an action of the courts, against the majority opinion at the time.

And for those who argue that “the will of the people” should be the final word, I say, pick up an American history book or read up on constitutional law. This is not a direct democracy, but a constitutional republic. The courts were designed to serve as a counterbalance to public opinion, for just these kind of situations. The majority is not always right. A majority of the South once thought it was perfectly fine to own other human beings.