The secular state should not be in the business of promoting weird modern half-assed ideology, derived from half-baked nouveau sociology and psychobabble. The anatomy of sodomy doesn't work as a "marriage." Marriage in the West has been a religious institution which forms the basis of society and civilization through the production and raising of CHILDREN in a family. That's what a marriage is. If you look at the history of civil and canon law regarding marriage the procreative aspects are essential and integral, property law, inheritance, etc., the welfare and protection of wives and children. This is what it has been all about. It's not about buggery. For the state to try to force everyone, every business, every employer, and every social institution, including churches, church schools, and church hospitals to provide medical and financial benefits to promote sodomy is ABSURD.
Marriage has always involved the union of man and woman in common affection, together with their offspring. It's at the essential core of human identity. A sodomy relationship is not comparable. Thisn episode has been a misadventure in liberal gnostic fantasy. Americans by and large will never accept it or tolerate it.
(s)But its now about feeelings. If two beings love each other, they should be alowed to have their feeeelings validated by the public in a marriage. It is a marriage of feeeeelings and what people feeeling in a feeeling and sharing of feelings way. Can't you feeeeel the love? (/s)