Today, the highest court in California decided to uphold the ban on full human rights. After all, if gays have sex, we will all marry upholstered chairs or gerbils or something.
Here's the thing about that argument: it ignores the most important element of a valid marriage--informed consent. No one can marry anyone--or anything--else without that other entity being able to prove their informed consent. Both parties must know that they are getting married and have some idea of what the institution of marriage entails. That excludes dogs, chairs, stereoplayers and children.
So, now that the consent detail is cleared up, here is my "favorite" quote from the article I linked to above. "'Today's decision is a victory for democracy and a victory for the civil rights of clergy, county clerks and Californians across the political spectrum who did not want to be forced by the government to approve of same-sex marriage,' institute President Brad Dacus said in a statement." News flash, dude, you never had to approve of same-sex marriage. Nobody is asking you to do that. Other people just want to marry the person they love. That is all.
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