Opening a can of worms? It's more like putting deadbolt locks on the doors of a house located in neighborhood experiencing a rash of burglaries.
As it stands right now, Jeb has a sign on the lawn that reads, "Burglary is illegal here. Don't even try to break into this house with its flimsy, lockless doors."
Meanwhile, his friends in the ACLU are already studying how best to jimmy the doors open with a crowbar even as they join him in decrying the plan to purchase deadbolt locks.
You're missing the point. If the organizers had not raised this issue, there would be no issue. Now that they've raised it though, we're going to have to do battle over it, and if we lose, then we've got gay marriage in our state.
Why open Pandora's Box?