Once the term marriage can be defined by each state the homosexual community will have their foot in the door to securing every right and priviledge that is assigned to heterosexual couples. They will demand it and they will win in the courts. This will speed the moral decline of this nation and weaken us as a whole. BEWARE, pandora's box is being opened and there will be no closing it.
This is only true if we view it the context of there being nothing we can do about it.
However, the Founders wisely said , and I paraphrase here, that when the Government no longer represents the concerns and attitudes of the People, that a change in Government can be made. The DemocRats consistantly discount that, figuring that by the time we get fed up to that point, they will have snatched all our firearms and we would be left helpless.
Of course, the 'assault' weapons ban expires this September. I can't wait!