Government has no place in the very personal relationship and institution of marriage. When we give that to government instead of leaving it to the church where it belongs, government gets to make it whatever it wants and social deviants use to it mock God with the government’s blessing.
The Supreme Court should do us all a favor and strike down all marriage laws, finding that the constitution does not grant government the power to regulate the institution; it’s a 1st amendment and personal liberty issue. Give it back to the church and the people; and let society regulate itself as it was during at least the first half of the nation’s existence.
With that said, another spin is that laws don’t change the behavior of people when it comes to personal relationships. They live with whomever they wish anyway. There will be no material difference in the dynamics of society regardless of how the Court may rule. Therefore, I am rather indifferent to possible outcomes.
I.do.not.care. The only exception that makes this fun is seeing the so-cons who want government to interfere to force their mold on society end up in a tizzy as the left sticks another monkey wrench in their designs. Really, I think they deserve it.
dajeeps 
Becky Hargrove said:
This is why it is hard to talk seriously about freedom: freedom is relative in that it means so many different things to so many different people! What we need most of all is economic freedom. Economic freedom is the scenario governments ought to be making possible, instead of these silly cultural handouts to one political party and the next, every time they can’t figure out what to do about the economic circumstances that matter most.
dajeeps said:
Economic and political freedom matter most, but personal liberty issues are important to me as well given that my first marriage was a complete disaster. I was lucky that the no fault divorce laws went into effect about 10 years before in California where I livd at the time, and I could only imagine what life was like when a divorce was hard to get by design. New York just adopted no fault divorce a few years ago and I heard stories about people purposely cheating or lying about cheating just to get out of a bad situation – and I probably would have done something like that to get rid of the ex. It just seems unreasonable that you have to dump all the dirty laundry out in public to have a magistrate deem that divorce is appropriate. It’s none of government’s business, nor is it appropriate that government decide what kinds of relationships people can have – as you said, it has more important fish to fry.