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Word definitions change with time. As an example if you look up gay in the dictionary you will not get the current usage of bogus or absurd things being gay. My comment that it is discrimination still stands.

Word definitions change with time.

But do they change at the whim of political movements?

My comment that it is discrimination still stands.

The state takes a proactive stance towards (heterosexual) marriage and says nothing about gay unions. You are asserting that the principle of equal protection under the law forbids this proactive stance. But are they equal? Men and women are not equal. They have biological and traditional differences. Couples of different makeups are even more not equal. The institution of marriage has a 3000 year old track record as a civilizing influence allowing children to grow up in stable homes.

Gay unions have no history, no value to society or civilization. They surely do have value to the individuals involved, but the institution's purpose is not simply to gratify adults in their choices.

Wow! There's a powerful argument that can't be refuted!! (By the way, that's sarcasm.)

Marriage is a word defined in law. I don't think the definition has changed. If you think it's common usage has changed, please provide the supposed new definition.