Since the issue of gay marriage arose in the 1990s, the Senate voted 85-14, and the House voted 342-67, for the Defense of Marriage Act that President Bill Clinton signed into law. Gay marriage has been before the voters in 31 states and 31 states have rejected it. Strangely, proponents of same-sex marriage, who have yet to win a single popular vote on the matter, insist that opposition to gay marriage is a losing position. Read my piece @ the American Spectator that explains why gay marriage isn't divisive but rather the most unifying major issue in American politics.
Perhaps it isn't a question that should be left to the polity unless it intends to amend the constitution. It's a human rights question that involves affirming the dignity of each and every precious human being. Yeah, it's a political loser right now, but in the future perhaps Christians will be the next political loser. This isn't a popularity contest, it's a human rights issue.
The bottom line is that no matter what gays think about marriage and the definition thereof, it does not include them and there is no right available that will change the meaning of the term.
The public knows this. And that's why same sex marriage has never ANYWHERE (even in the land of fruits and nuts - California) passed a popular vote.
The only way it becomes anything close to being legal is by judicial fiat.
Gay is the new black.
