[Wally_Kalbacken]

It really is a failure of civics education for people to even pay attention to the state level. Whether it is a state statute or a state constitutional amendment, nothing will stop gay marriage short of a Federal Constitutional Amendment prohibiting gay marriage. Given the jurisprudence of Federal Constitutional Law of equal protection - anything that prohibits gay marriage (federal statute, state statute, state constitutional prohibition) will fall. The gay and lesbian political and legal machine is very focused and very skilled, and they will slowly, but surely achieve a victory, unless a Federal Constitutional Amendment strictly limiting marriage to one man and one woman is enacted. End of story. Stop wasting energy getting upset about machinations at the state level, it does not matter.

[BlackElk]

It is a failure of civic education and LEGAL education to think that the federal constitution guarantees rump-ranging as a form of “marriage” and a failure of morality for anyone to go along.

[BlackElk]

It is a failure of civic education and LEGAL education to think that the federal constitution guarantees rump-ranging as a form of "marriage" and a failure of morality for anyone to go along.

It certainly does matter.