[arthurus]

But it does not disturb the fundamental value of marriage in our society

For these peole this is true because, to them, there is no fundamental value to marriage. Marx didn't believe in it so there is none.

[livius]

I think this is just the beginning. Marriage as a concept is now worthless, or at any rate, without content. Listening to the court, in any case, you'd think that marriage from the very start had been about nothing except creating units to receive state benefits.

A Freeper on another thread asked what was to stop him from marrying his burro, and would the state then please pay his vet bills if he did?

BTW, the rest of Jacoby's article is very interesting and worth clicking the link to read. He discusses the slippery slope argument, and points out that this turned out exactly the way people who were opposed to the Equal Rights Act predicted it would - that is, sliding all the way down that slippery slope.