I could have tolerated civil unions.
Had our side been more willing we might have been able to have civil unions for all be the definition of the State and allow Marriage to remain defined by the Church (and faith communities).
That’s not to say that all the gaysbians would have been satisfied; but I suspect the present mess could have been postponed for a generation or more.
The “present mess” was supposed to be stopped FOR GOOD by amendments to state constitutions that defined marriage in the way it had always been understood. You see how well those stood up. When the elites want to destroy an institution, they destroy it. Why even give them an opening?
They want “marriage” because of SocSec, pensions, other govt benefits, etc.
But as the years go by, they’ll also be a “jobs” program for “family practice” aka divorce attorneys.