[ROCKLOBSTER]

Separation of church and state? what does that have to do with anything? people can married at a court house....Not in the US Constitution. It's in the Constitution of the Soviet Union, though:

As far as I'm concerned, "Separation of Church and State" is a liberal invention, and I'd only use it to throw it back in their face.

Then again, why the hell CAN you get married in a court house? Marriage IS a tenet of religion.

while there is no right to marry, there is the 14th amendment which promises equal protection under the law

All that means is a gay guy would have as much right to marry a woman as does the next guy....if it was a right.

[noiseman]

"All that means is a gay guy would have as much right to marry a woman as does the next guy....if it was a right."

Finally someone is zeroing in on the real issue. I might not hyperventilate after all, although I still have my paper bag handy since everyone else is still arguing over the placement of the deck chairs while the ship goes down.