[Dimensio]

What gay marriage does directly effect is freedom of religion. Marriage is a sacred institution, and legalizing gay marriage is a desecration of it in the eyes of nearly all people of faith. By what right does government desecrate religous institutions? None. That is the point we need to make LOUD and clear. If done well, it is an argument that should sway even the non-religous (as long as they are not anti-religous)

This argument would imply that the government should get out of the business of recognizing marriage altogether, because doing so is excessive religious entanglement.

[Grig]

"This argument would imply that the government should get out of the business of recognizing marriage altogether, because doing so is excessive religious entanglement."

I disagree. Marriage is not the religous institution of a single denomination, and recognizing it is no different than recognizing the existance of churches. Recognition is not endorsment, it is an acceptance of reality.