[HKMk23]

Marriage is FAR beyond a “religious and personal matter”; it’s a natural, biological, physiological matter with global social ramifications.

“Marriage” is a literal impossibility for same-gendered pairs, because opposite gendered pairing is THE elemental prerequisite for “marriage”.

So, supporting Prop 8 in preserving the literal, natural, centuries-old definition of “marriage” has exactly NOTHING to do with rights; civil, moral, legal, or otherwise. It has everything to do with affirming the astoundingly obvious, but studiously ignored.

So, it’s time to get on out and tell the queerly beloved that “No, same-gendered pairs don’t ‘marry’, so you can’t call it ‘marriage’.”

It’s just THAT simple.

[newzjunkey]

The problem here is that the State has co-opted the term "marriage" for a collection of civil rights and responsibilities.

The State needs to get out of the "marriage" (term) business. Call this collection of law domestic partnership, civil unions or any number of things.