[anniegetyourgun]

No one cares what they do in the privacy of their own home. Just don't call it "marriage."

The marriage amendent isn't about homosexuality or disdain for same - it's about preserving traditional marriage as an institition that is favored with our society, because of it's benefits to children. (And yes, it's a given that children are better off with a mother and a father in the home.) It's just good public policy.

Opening marriage definitions to anything else will ultimately lead to opening the definition to everything else. The slippery slope argument is VERY real in this case, because the underlying tenet for those in favor of so-called gay marriage is anti-discrimination. Ergo, how can we discriminate against ANY (and therefore ALL) definitions that come our way?

[stompk]

"no one cares what they do in the privacy of their own home. Just don't call it "marriage.""

this argument and the "slipper slope" argument are holding no weight. they are countering with "how can someone be told that they cannot visit their loved one in the hospital" or "why can't I leave my money to the one I love" the same as "straight" people.