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The US Constitution is a document in place to place limits on government. Would banning gay marriage limit government or restrict freedoms on the citizenry?

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It would limit government. It keeps the common law defenition of marraige (actual predating common law and going back to the dawn of recorded history)

It limits governments ability to social engineer.

It also bumps any "fringe" issues to the states.